PET-MRI DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A PET-MRI device, comprising:
- a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine comprising a solenoid coil and a magnetic-field correction coil, wherein the MRI machine has a cylindrical structure; and
a positron emission tomography (PET) machine comprising a PET image sensor, wherein PET image sensor electrodes are formed on ends of the PET image sensor that have a doughnut shape, and the PET machine has a cylindrical structure,wherein the PET machine is formed in the MRI machine to allow a direction of an electric field of the PET machine to be parallel to a direction of a magnetic field of the MRI machine.
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Abstract
A PET-MRI device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The PET device includes a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine comprising a solenoid coil and a magnetic-field correction coil, wherein the MRI machine has a cylindrical structure or a dipole structure; and a positron emission tomography (PET) machine comprising a PET image sensor, wherein PET image sensor electrodes are formed on one and the other ends of the PET image sensor that have a doughnut shape, and the PET machine has a cylindrical structure or a lattice structure, wherein the PET machine is formed in the MRI machine to allow a direction of an electric field of the PET machine to be parallel to a direction of a magnetic field of the MRI machine.
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19 Claims
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1. A PET-MRI device, comprising:
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a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine comprising a solenoid coil and a magnetic-field correction coil, wherein the MRI machine has a cylindrical structure; and a positron emission tomography (PET) machine comprising a PET image sensor, wherein PET image sensor electrodes are formed on ends of the PET image sensor that have a doughnut shape, and the PET machine has a cylindrical structure, wherein the PET machine is formed in the MRI machine to allow a direction of an electric field of the PET machine to be parallel to a direction of a magnetic field of the MRI machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A PET-MRI device comprising:
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an MRI machine having a dipole structure in which an upper magnet and a lower magnet are spaced apart from each other; and a PET machine having a lattice structure comprising a first and a second PET image sensor, the first and the second PET image sensors having a horizontal bar shape, wherein the first and the second PET image sensors are spaced apart in parallel to each other, and the first and the second PET image sensors are formed between the upper magnet and the lower magnet to allow a direction of an electric field of the PET machine to be parallel to a direction of a magnetic field of the MRI machine. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of manufacturing a PET-MRI device, the method comprising:
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providing an MRI machine; providing a PET machine; including the PET machine in the MRI machine to allow a direction of the magnetic field of the MRI machine to be parallel to a direction of the electric field of the PET machine. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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