Scintigraphic intracavitary measurement device
AssigneeConsiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
InventorsAlessandro Soluri, Roberto Massari
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Abstract
Described is a scintigraphic intracavitary measurement device (100) comprising a supporting rod (10) extending along a main direction of extension (X) and a measuring head (20) coupled or integrated with a first end (10a) of said supporting rod (10). The measuring head (20) comprises at least one collimation element (30) configured to filter gamma radiation emitted by a source (S) defined by a suitably energised body tissue and a scintillation unit (40) configured to detect the gamma radiation emitted by the body tissue and filtered by the collimation element (30). The measuring head (20) is configured to operate with variable investigation areas (A).
Claims15
A scintigraphic intracavitary measurement device (100) comprising:
- a supporting rod (10) extending along a main direction of extension (X);
- a measuring head (20) coupled or integrated with a first end (10a) of said supporting rod (10) and comprising:
- at least one collimation element (30) configured for filtering gamma radiation emitted by a source(S) defined by a suitably energised body tissue;
- a scintillation unit (40) defining an overall measuring area and configured for detecting the gamma radiation emitted by said body tissue and filtered by said collimation element (30);
- an electronic conversion circuitry (60a) associated with the scintillation unit and comprising a plurality of optoelectronic converters positioned according to a two-dimensional distribution, each converter being associated with a respective portion of the measuring area and configured for receiving optical signals from the scintillation unit (40) and converting them into respective electrical signals;
- wherein said measuring head (20) is configured to operate with variable investigation areas (A).
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