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Radiation imaging using simultaneous emission and transmission

  • US 6,380,540 B1
  • Filed: 10/21/1999
  • Issued: 04/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gamma camera, comprising:

  • at least one emission detector, which receives radiation emitted from the body of a subject and generates signals responsive thereto;

    a radiation source, which directs radiation toward the body;

    at least one transmission detector, having a long dimension, which receives radiation transmitted through the body from the radiation source and generates signals responsive thereto, wherein the transmission detector translates in a direction generally perpendicular to the long dimension relative to the emission detector.

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