Dual-modality imaging using a pet scanner and an optical detector
CA 2665980 C · Owner: Schulz, Ralf · Inventors: Peter, Joerg; Schulz, Ralf
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The invention relates to a dual-modality imaging system and a method for dual-modality imaging wherein a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner for acquiring PET imaging data and at least one optical imaging detector for acquiring optical imaging data are arranged to acquire the PET imaging data and the optical imaging data of an imaged object (5) simultaneously (i.e. at the same time and at superimposed fields-of-view). The at least one optical imaging detector is a non-contact optical imaging detector.
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- Filed April 10, 2006 and granted June 2, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 10, 2026.
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