Combined PET/MRI scanner

Title: Combined PET/MRI scanner

Abstract

A combined PET/MRI scanner generally includes a magnet for producing a magnetic field suitable for magnetic resonance imaging, a radiofrequency (RF) coil disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet and a ring tomograph disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet. The ring tomograph includes a scintillator layer for outputting at least one photon in response to an annihilation event, a detection array coupled to the scintillator layer for detecting the at least one photon outputted by the scintillator layer and for outputting a detection signal in response to the detected photon and a front-end electronic array coupled to the detection array for receiving the detection signal, wherein the front-end array has a preamplifier and a shaper network for conditioning the detection signal.

Inventors:

Schlyer, David ^[1]; Woody, Craig L ^[2]; Rooney, William ^[3]; Vaska, Paul ^[4]; Stoll, Sean ^[5]; Pratte, Jean-Francois ^[6]; O'Connor, Paul ^[1]

Bellport, NY
Setauket, NY
Miller Place, NY
Sound Beach, NY
Wading River, NY
Stony Brook, NY

Issue Date:: 2007-10-23

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 919067

Patent Number(s):: 7286867

Application Number:: 10/966,412

Assignee:: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T1/2985 - {In depth localisation, e.g. using positron emitters

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A61B6/508 - {for non-human patients}
A61B5/0035 - {adapted for acquisition of images from more than one imaging mode, e.g. combining MRI and optical tomography}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G01R33/481 - {MR combined with positron emission tomography [PET] or single photon emission computed tomography [SPECT]}

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A61B5/055 - involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
A61B6/037 - {Emission tomography
A61B5/0042 - {for the brain}
A61B6/4417 - {related to combined acquisition of different diagnostic modalities}
A61B2503/40 - Animals

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DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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                    Schlyer, David, Woody, Craig L, Rooney, William, Vaska, Paul, Stoll, Sean, Pratte, Jean-Francois, and O'Connor, Paul. Combined PET/MRI scanner.  United States: N. p., 2007. 
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                    Schlyer, David, Woody, Craig L, Rooney, William, Vaska, Paul, Stoll, Sean, Pratte, Jean-Francois, & O'Connor, Paul. Combined PET/MRI scanner.  United States.

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                    Schlyer, David, Woody, Craig L, Rooney, William, Vaska, Paul, Stoll, Sean, Pratte, Jean-Francois, and O'Connor, Paul. Tue .  
        "Combined PET/MRI scanner".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/919067.

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  title        = {Combined PET/MRI scanner},

  author       = {Schlyer, David and Woody, Craig L and Rooney, William and Vaska, Paul and Stoll, Sean and Pratte, Jean-Francois and O'Connor, Paul},

  abstractNote = {A combined PET/MRI scanner generally includes a magnet for producing a magnetic field suitable for magnetic resonance imaging, a radiofrequency (RF) coil disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet and a ring tomograph disposed within the magnetic field produced by the magnet. The ring tomograph includes a scintillator layer for outputting at least one photon in response to an annihilation event, a detection array coupled to the scintillator layer for detecting the at least one photon outputted by the scintillator layer and for outputting a detection signal in response to the detected photon and a front-end electronic array coupled to the detection array for receiving the detection signal, wherein the front-end array has a preamplifier and a shaper network for conditioning the detection signal.},

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  year         = {2007},

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