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US 12,622,655 B2Granted
Positron emission tomography (PET)-scanning device
AssigneePositrigo AG
InventorsMax Ludwig Ahnen, Jannis Nikolaus Rudolf Fischer, Ekaterina Mikhaylova
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Abstract
A positron emission tomography (PET)-scanning device is provided, having a detector ring for detecting emitted PET-radiation and a main supporting structure which has or to which is attached a U-shaped portion with two arms for holding the detector ring between the arms. The detector ring is held by the two arms in such a way that the detector ring can be rotated about an axis of rotation that extends through the U-shaped portion, in particular through the two arms of the U-shaped portion.
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A positron emission tomography (PET)-scanning device comprising:
- a detector ring for detecting emitted PET-radiation;
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- a main supporting structure which has or to which is attached a U-shaped portion with two arms configured to hold the detector ring between the two arms,
- wherein the detector ring is held by the two arms in such a way that the detector ring can be rotated about an axis of rotation that extends through the U-shaped portion and the detector ring can be displaced relative to the two arms,
- wherein guide rails are on the two arms, respectively, or on the detector ring, and the guide rails are configured to hold the detector ring such that the detector ring is configured to be displaced along the two arms, and
- wherein the PET-scanning device further comprises lugs that are engaged into the guide rails, and are attached to an outer surface of the detector ring or to the two arms.
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