Patent ID: 9060701
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical diagnostic imaging apparatus comprising: a Positron Emission Computer Tomography (PET) apparatus including a first gantry, the first gantry having a first tunnel into which a patient is inserted; and an x-ray Computed Tomography (CT) apparatus including a second gantry having a second tunnel into which the patient is inserted, wherein the first gantry is dividable into PET units along a first direction of inserting the patient into, or a second direction of removing the patient from, the first tunnel of the first gantry, each PET unit comprising a PET detector configured to detect a gamma ray, each PET unit being configured to be movable in the first and second directions, the PET apparatus further comprises a guide configured to move each PET unit in the first and second directions, and the PET apparatus has an operation mode and a maintenance mode, in the operation mode, the PET units are connected together to allow the patient to be inserted into the first gantry for obtaining a PET image, and in the maintenance mode, at least one PET unit is separated from others along the guide to perform maintenance of the PET apparatus.