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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;
Takayuki Obata, Chiba, JP;
Taiga Yamaya, Chiba, JP;
Iwao Kanno, Chiba, JP;
Hitoshi Yamagata, Otawara, JP;
Takuzo Takayama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kazuya Okamoto, Saitama, JP;
National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
In a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)-MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus of an embodiment, a magnet that is a seamless structure generates a static magnetic field in a bore having a cylindrical shape. First detectors and second detectors are each formed in a ring shape and detect gamma rays emitted from positron emitting radionuclides injected into a subject. The first detectors and the second detectors are disposed with a space therebetween in an axial direction of the bore so as to interpose the magnetic field center of the static magnetic field therebetween.