Patent ID: 7154096

Claim:
A diagnostic imaging device for medical use comprising: a PET data collection unit and a CT data collection unit arranged in tandem; an examination table for a common usage of said two data collection units having a bed top board for examining a subject; a PET image reconstruction unit for reconstructing PET images from the collected PET data; a CT image reconstruction unit for reconstructing CT images from the collected CT data; and a control unit for controlling said PET data collection unit and PET image reconstruction unit to collect PET data and to reconstruct PET images for a region of the subject, displaying PET images reconstructed from the PET data, prompting a user for an input indicating whether to advance to CT data collection and CT image reconstruction processes or not, and then controlling said examination table, CT data collection unit and CT image reconstruction unit either to execute or not to execute the CT data collection and the CT image reconstruction for the same region depending on the input result.