WO2002079801A3 - Application specific emission and transmission tomography - Google Patents

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WO2002079801A3
WO2002079801A3 PCT/US2002/009319 US0209319W WO02079801A3 WO 2002079801 A3 WO2002079801 A3 WO 2002079801A3 US 0209319 W US0209319 W US 0209319W WO 02079801 A3 WO02079801 A3 WO 02079801A3
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specific emission
transmission tomography
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Martin P Tornai
James E Bowsher
Jorg Peter
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Univ Duke
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/50—Clinical applications
    • A61B6/502—Clinical applications involving diagnosis of breast, i.e. mammography
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/02—Devices for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/03—Computerised tomographs
    • A61B6/037—Emission tomography
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/58—Testing, adjusting or calibrating apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/582—Calibration
    • A61B6/583—Calibration using calibration phantoms

Abstract

The imaging device (12) is supported by a gantry (10) so that it can be disposed parallel to and adjacent the surface of the breast (14). Supported assembly (18) can itself be radially displaced in direction Ralong a track 20 or other translation assembly.
PCT/US2002/009319 2001-03-30 2002-03-27 Application specific emission and transmission tomography WO2002079801A2 (en)

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