Patent ID: 8630696
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An integrated Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) system comprising: a patient support device supporting a patient pallet, and being movable longitudinally and up/down; a gantry having a space through which the patient pallet passes, and equipped with an x-ray tube and a driving component; a plurality of integrated PET/CT detector modules attached to one side of the gantry; the x-ray tube attached to the other side of the gantry and producing x-rays while being rotated by the driving component; a signal detecting/processing unit which processes a PET picture signal and CT picture signal transmitted from the integrated PET/CT detector modules; and a display unit displaying the PET picture signal and the CT picture signal from the signal detecting/processing unit, wherein the gantry and the patient pallet are relatively movable, and each of the plurality of integrated PET/CT detector modules include: