SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLIMATION IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SYSTEMS

A system and method for collimation in diagnostic imaging systems is provided. One collimator includes a plurality of parallel hole segments and a plurality of collimator bores within each of the plurality of parallel hole segments. Additionally, all of the plurality of collimator bores in at least...

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Main Authors JANSEN FLORIBERTUS P.M. HEUKENSFELDT, HEFETZ YARON
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.12.2012
Subjects
COMBINED OPERATIONS
GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
IRRADIATION DEVICES
MACHINE TOOLS
MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
MEASURING
METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
OTHER WORKING OF METAL
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
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Summary:A system and method for collimation in diagnostic imaging systems is provided. One collimator includes a plurality of parallel hole segments and a plurality of collimator bores within each of the plurality of parallel hole segments. Additionally, all of the plurality of collimator bores in at least one of the plurality of parallel hole segments have a first pointing direction and all of the plurality of collimator bores in at least one other of the plurality of parallel hole segments have a second pointing direction, wherein the plurality of parallel hole segments are arranged in a fanbeam collimation configuration. Further, the first pointing direction is different than the second pointing direction.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113149417