Patent ID: 7230246

Claim:
A system for providing multi-angular SPECT radiation sampling utilizing slant-angle collimation, said system comprising: a collimator positioned between a radiating mass within a patient and a radiation detector, said collimator being spaced apart from a translational path of the radiating mass at a predefined distance that defines a patient accommodation space; a plurality of apertures extending through said collimator, each of said apertures forming a passageway for radiation rays emanating from said radiating mass in a direction substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the respective passageway and thereby enabling the aligned radiation rays to strike said radiation detector; said plurality of passageways being arranged in a plurality of rows across said collimator and arranged so that said longitudinal axes of a first row of passageways are substantially parallel to each other and form a first angle with respect to a central plane of said collimator; and a second row of passageways being arranged so that said longitudinal axes of said second row of passageways are substantially parallel to each other and form a second angle with respect to said central plane of said collimator, where said second angle is different than said first angle.