Dynamic Spect Camera
First Claim
1. A dynamic SPECT camera, comprising:
- an overall structure, which defines proximal and distal ends with respect to a body;
a first plurality of assemblies, arranged on the overall structure, forming an array of the assemblies, each assembly comprising;
a second plurality of detecting units, each detecting unit including;
a detector, for detecting radioactive emissions; and
a collimator, attached to the detector, at the proximal end thereof, for defining a solid collection angle δ
for the detecting unit; and
an assembly motion provider, configured for providing the assembly with individual assembly motion with respect to the overall structure, during the acquisition of radioactive-emission data for a tomographic image;
a timing mechanism, in communication with each detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds; and
a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion,the dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of at least 15×
15×
15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of 300 seconds or less, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×
10×
10 cubic millimeter or smaller voxel size.
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Abstract
A dynamic SPECT camera is provided, comprising, a plurality of single-pixel detectors, a timing mechanism, in communication with each single-pixel detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each single-pixel detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds, and a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion, the dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of about 15×15×15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of 30 seconds, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×10×10 cubic millimeter. The dynamic camera is configured for very short damping time, and may further acquire images in a stationary mode, with no motion. It is further configured for time binning at dynamically varying time-bin lengths, dynamically determining a spectral energy bin for each detecting unit, and employing an anatomic construction of voxels in the imaging and reconstruction.
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132 Claims
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1. A dynamic SPECT camera, comprising:
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an overall structure, which defines proximal and distal ends with respect to a body; a first plurality of assemblies, arranged on the overall structure, forming an array of the assemblies, each assembly comprising; a second plurality of detecting units, each detecting unit including; a detector, for detecting radioactive emissions; and a collimator, attached to the detector, at the proximal end thereof, for defining a solid collection angle δ
for the detecting unit; andan assembly motion provider, configured for providing the assembly with individual assembly motion with respect to the overall structure, during the acquisition of radioactive-emission data for a tomographic image; a timing mechanism, in communication with each detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds; and a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion, the dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of at least 15×
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15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of 300 seconds or less, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×
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10 cubic millimeter or smaller voxel size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 47, 48, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. An intracorporeal dynamic SPECT camera, comprising:
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an overall structure, adapted for intracorporeal insertion through a body lumen; an assembly, arranged along a length of the overall structure, the assembly comprising; a plurality of detecting units, each detecting unit including; a detector, for detecting radioactive emissions; and a collimator, attached to the detector, at the proximal end thereof, with respect to a region of interest, for defining a solid collection angle δ
for the detecting unit; anda motion provider, configured for providing motion with respect to the overall structure, during the acquisition of radioactive-emission data for a tomographic image; a timing mechanism, in communication with each detector, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon each detector to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds; and a position-tracker, configured for providing information on the position and orientation of each detecting unit, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the individual motion, the intracorporeal dynamic SPECT camera being configured for acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of the region of interest of at least about 10×
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104. A dynamic SPECT camera, configured for time binning at dynamically varying time-bin lengths, the camera comprising:
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an overall structure, which defines proximal and distal ends with respect to a body; a detecting unit, arranged on the overall structure and configured for detecting radioactive emissions from the body, using a plurality of detectors; a timing mechanism, in communication with the detecting unit, configured for enabling time-binning of the radioactive emissions impinging upon the detecting unit, to time bins of the dynamically varying time-bin lengths; a lookup system of recommended time-bin lengths, as functions of at least one of a specific region of interest, an administered radiopharmaceutical, time since the administration of the radiopharmaceutical, cardiac state with respect to an RR cycle, a view of the detecting unit with respect to the region of interest, and data acquisition mode, wherein the timing mechanism is configured for selecting a recommended time-bin length from the lookup system, for each time bin, for each detector of said plurality of detectors. - View Dependent Claims (105)
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131. A method of dynamic SPECT data acquisition using a plurality of detectors, comprising:
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providing a timing mechanism, in communication with each detector for enabling time-binning of radioactive emissions impinging upon each detector of a SPECT camera to time periods not greater than substantially 30 seconds; and providing information on the position and orientation of each detector of the SPECT camera, with respect to the overall structure, substantially at all times, during the image acquisition; and acquiring a tomographic reconstruction image of a region of interest of at least about 15×
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15 cubic centimeters, during an acquisition time of about 30 seconds or less, at a spatial resolution of at least 10×
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