US 11,744,528 B2
Adaptive Compton camera for medical imaging
Miesher Rodrigues, Buffalo Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/250,492
Filed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/045469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/032924, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290196 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); G01T 1/16 (2006.01); G01T 1/161 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/037 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/4275 (2013.01); A61B 6/44 (2013.01); A61B 6/4411 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/5282 (2013.01); G01T 1/16 (2013.01); G01T 1/1603 (2013.01); G01T 1/1606 (2013.01); G01T 1/24 (2013.01); G01T 1/242 (2013.01); G01T 1/243 (2013.01); G01T 1/249 (2013.01); G01T 1/29 (2013.01); G01T 1/2907 (2013.01); G01T 1/2914 (2013.01); G01T 1/2921 (2013.01); G01T 1/2928 (2013.01); G01T 1/2935 (2013.01); G01T 1/2964 (2013.01); G01T 1/2971 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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12. A medical imaging system comprising:
solid-state detector modules, each solid-state detector module having a scatter detector and a catcher detector;
a motor connected with the scatter detector, the catcher detector, or both the scatter detector and the catcher detector of one of the solid-state detector modules; and
a control processor configured to control the motor to alter a position of the scatter detector, the catcher detector, or both the scatter detector and the catcher detector relative to an isocenter of a patient space.