Patent ID: 7274022

Claim:
A scintigraphic device comprising: a case open at an application end, said case being coated by a shielding shell; a collimator made of a material with high atomic number and high density having a plurality of collimation channels extending substantially parallel with respect to one another and according to a predefined direction of measurement, said collimator being positioned inside said case in such a way as to allow the passage of ionizing radiation directed substantially parallel to the direction of measurement; a measuring member positioned inside said case in proximity to said collimator, said measuring member comprising at least one converter able to convert a ionizing radiation coming from a source in exam into at least one light radiation and at least one photosensor to determine the energy and the position of single events; at least one electronic processing unit operatively associated to said photosensor to determine the position of an event, wherein said collimator and said measuring member are relatively movable between a first position in which the measuring member is positioned at said application end and a second position in which the measuring member is positioned at predetermined distance from said application end, said collimator being extendable and reducible in length.