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US 12,490,943 B2Granted
SPECT system with extended axial FOV
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsAlexander Hans Vija, Andrew Scheffel
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Abstract
A system includes a housing having a first end portion and a second end portion, a SPECT detector disposed in the housing, a first support, a first coupling coupled to the first end portion of the housing and to the first support, a second support defining a bore, and a second coupling coupled to the second end portion of the housing and to the second support, where the housing is disposed between the first support and the second support.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a housing having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a SPECT detector disposed in the housing;
- a first collimator of a first collimator type disposed in the housing and operably coupled to a first portion of the SPECT detector;
- a second collimator of a second collimator type different from the first collimator type disposed in the housing and operably coupled to a second portion of the SPECT detector;
- a first support;
- a first coupling coupled to the first end portion of the housing and to the first support;
- a second support defining a bore;
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- a second coupling coupled to the second end portion of the housing and to the second support, where the housing is disposed between the first support and the second support.
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A method comprising:
- mounting a SPECT detector into a housing having a first end portion and a second end portion, the SPECT detector or comprising a first collimator of a first collimator type disposed in the housing and operably coupled to a first portion of the SPECT detector and a second collimator of a second collimator type different from the first collimator type disposed in the housing and operably coupled to a second portion of the SPECT detector;
- coupling a first coupling to the first end portion of the housing and to a first substantially vertical support;
- and
- coupling a second coupling to the second end portion of the housing and to a second substantially vertical support defining a bore such that the housing is disposed between the first support and the second support.
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A system comprising:
- a SPECT detector having an axial dimension and a transaxial dimension, the SPECT detector comprising a first collimator of a first collimator type operably coupled to a first portion of the SPECT detector and a second collimator of a second collimator type different from the first collimator type operably coupled to a second portion of the SPECT detector;
- a first substantially vertical support coupled to a first axial end of the SPECT detector;
- and
- a second substantially vertical support defining a bore and coupled to a second axial end of the SPECT detector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.