High resolution, multiple detector tomographic radionuclide imaging based upon separated radiation detection elements
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1. A radionuclide imaging device, comprising:
- a plurality of radiation detectors for scanning a target, each radiation detector including a collimator having a pattern of apertures that is offset from collimator aperture patterns of others of said plurality of radiation detectors, such that for a particular target projection sampling to be acquired, each of the radiation detectors provides a complementary image sampling contribution at said particular projection, said complementary image sampling contributions being summed to provide a complete sampling of the target at said particular projection.
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A radionuclide scanner in which multiple detectors are equipped with collimators such that a circular rotation of the detector around a target provides the movement needed for collimator sampling. This collimator sampling is accomplished through strategic placement of the detector heads relative to each other such that for any given projection, a complete imaging of the projection is acquired by summing the complementary contributions of the multiple detector heads at the projection under consideration.
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1. A radionuclide imaging device, comprising:
a plurality of radiation detectors for scanning a target, each radiation detector including a collimator having a pattern of apertures that is offset from collimator aperture patterns of others of said plurality of radiation detectors, such that for a particular target projection sampling to be acquired, each of the radiation detectors provides a complementary image sampling contribution at said particular projection, said complementary image sampling contributions being summed to provide a complete sampling of the target at said particular projection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A radionuclide imaging device comprising an array of radiation detectors arranged on a plane parallel to a target to be imaged, wherein each of said radiation detectors is configured with a slant-hole collimator and is rotated in said plane for performing tomosynthesis tomography of said target, and
wherein each of said slant-hole collimators of said radiation detectors has a slant-hole angle different from slant-hole angles of the others of said plurality of radiation detectors, such that for a particular target projection sampling to be acquired by a rotation of said detectors around said plane, each of the radiation detectors provides a complementary contribution at the projection which are summed to provide a complete sampling of the target projection.
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12. A method of acquiring at a particular projection a planar image of an object emitting radionuclide radiation, comprising the steps of:
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sequentially imaging said projection with a plurality of radiation detectors each including a collimator having a pattern of apertures that is offset from collimator aperture patterns of others of said plurality of radiation detectors, such that for a particular target projection sampling to be acquired, each of the radiation detectors provides a complementary image sampling contribution at said particular projection; and
summing said complementary image sampling contributions to provide a complete sampling of the target at said particular projection. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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- 14. A radiation detector for use in a radionuclide imaging device having a plurality n of radiation detectors for obtaining tomographic images of a target, said radiation including a collimator having a number of apertures equal to 1/n of the total number of apertures required to acquire complete image sampling data at a particular target projection.
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