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US 12,251,249 · App. 18/398,233 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

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Inventors: Nathaniel Roth (Tel-Aviv, IL); Yoel Zilberstien (Herzlia, IL); Shlomo Ben-Haim (Châtelaine, CH); Benny Rousso (Rishon-LeZion, IL)
Assignee: Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited
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Patent No.
US 12,251,249
App. No.
18/398,233
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nuclear medicine tomography system comprising: a detector carrier having a circular or partially circular aperture and defining a plane; a plurality of SPECT detector assemblies attached to the detector carrier and arranged around the aperture; a patient carrier movable relative to the plane; each detector assembly comprising an arm defining an extension axis and at least one detector head movable along the axis, wherein each detector assembly has a rounded distal portion; wherein each detector head is extendible along the axis, from the detector carrier toward the patient carrier; and a controller to: control, based on desired bore size and shape, extension and retraction of the detector heads to a spatial arrangement defined by the extension and retraction, control data acquisition by the detector heads, and control image reconstruction of acquired data; the controller further configured to control data acquisition and/or image reconstruction, based on the spatial arrangement.

Claims (34)

1. A nuclear medicine tomography system comprising:

a detector carrier having an aperture with a circular shape or a partially circular shape, said detector carrier defining a plane;

a plurality of SPECT detector assemblies attached to said detector carrier and arranged around said aperture;

a patient carrier configured for positioning a patient thereon, said patient carrier movable relative to said detector carrier plane;

wherein each detector assembly of said plurality of detector assemblies comprises an arm defining an axis of extension and at least one detector head, said at least one detector head configured to be movable along said axis of extension during a scan, wherein each said detector assembly has a distal portion having a rounded shape;

wherein each said detector head is extendible along said axis of extension, from said detector carrier toward said patient carrier; and

a controller configured to:

control, based on a desired bore size and shape, extension and retraction of said plurality of detector heads to a spatial arrangement thereof as defined by said extension and retraction,

control data acquisition by said plurality of detector heads, and

control image reconstruction of the acquired data;

wherein the controller is further configured to control at least one of said data acquisition and said image reconstruction, based on said spatial arrangement.

2. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein each said detector head is sized and/or shaped to permit sufficient extension from said detector carrier to reduce a bore size to a desired degree without collision and/or interference between adjacent said detector heads.

3. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein each said detector head is cylindrical.

4. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein each said detector head is configured as a half cylinder.

5. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said rounded shape of a said detector head is configured to reduce a size of said detector head.

6. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said detector heads are configured to tilt and wherein said rounded shape of said detector heads allows said detector heads to avoid collision between tilting detector heads.

7. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of detector heads comprises 12 detector heads.

8. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said detector heads are formed of a material selected from: Lutetium Oxyothosilicate (LSO), Lutetium Yittrium Oxyothosilicate (LYSO), Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT), Cadmium Telluride (CdTe), Cesium Telluride (CsTe), and Cesium Iodide (CsI).

9. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said patient carrier has an axis, wherein said detector carrier is configured to rotate about said patient carrier axis.

10. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 9 , wherein there are gaps between adjacent said detector heads, and wherein said rotation of said detector carrier allows capturing data from said gaps, thereby providing full 360 degree detector coverage without loss of sensitivity and spatial resolution for differently sized and shaped ROIs (regions of interest) and at different positions along the body of the patient.

11. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said detector heads are each responsive to gamma ray photons having energy in the range of about 40 KeV to 511 KeV.

12. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said rounded shape of each said detector head allows the bore size to be selected in a range of 20-90 cm.

13. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said controller is configured to control said desired bore size and shape according to a predetermined size and shape of a patient and/or according to a predetermined size and shape of a region of interest (ROI).

14. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 13 , wherein said size and shape of the patient and/or the size and shape of the ROI is determined by at least one of CT (computerized tomography), x-ray, or another radiation source.

15. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said system is operable to adjust said desired bore size and shape during the scan.

16. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said system is configured to operate, including performing the scan and the data acquisition, even if fewer than all of said plurality of detector heads are attached to said detector carrier.

17. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein each said detector head is configured to be independently extended radially toward said system axis and to be independently retracted radially away from said system axis.

18. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 17 , wherein said controller is configured to radially extend or retract some or all of said plurality of detector heads to establish said desired bore size and shape.

19. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said system has a system axis perpendicular to a plane defined by said detector carrier, and wherein each said detector head has an axis of extension/retraction and wherein each said detector head can be independently tilted in one or more planes relative to said axis of extension/retraction.

20. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein said controller is configured to control motion of each said detector head of said plurality of detector heads, said motion including at least one of extension, retraction, rotation, and tilting of each said detector head.

21. The nuclear medicine tomography system of claim 1 , wherein each said detector head includes a radiation sensitive element that is configured to detect radiation in about up to 20 cm, in a circumferential direction, along said detector carrier.

22. The nuclear medicine tomography system according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of detector heads are positioned non-uniformly around said detector carrier.

23. The nuclear medicine tomography system according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of detector heads are configured for non-rotation by said detector carrier during said data acquisition.

24. The nuclear medicine tomography system according to claim 1 , wherein, upon extending at least one detector head of said plurality of detector heads, said system is configured to operate, including said scan and said data acquisition, only using said at least one detector head of said plurality of detector heads.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2024
From: BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LTD.
To: SPECTRUM DYNAMICS MEDICAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 069420/0257 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2024
From: SPECTRUM DYNAMICS LLC
To: BIOSENSORS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LTD.
Reel/Frame 069350/0537 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2024
From: ROTH, NATHANIEL; ZILBERSTIEN, YOEL; BEN-HAIM, SHLOMO; ROUSSO, BENNY
To: SPECTRUM DYNAMICS LLC
Reel/Frame 069313/0363 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17239798 · Apr 26, 2021
Division 14399975
Provisional Application 61788394 · Mar 15, 2013
Provisional Application 61646333 · May 13, 2012
Provisional Application 61644120 · May 8, 2012
Related Publication 20240173003A1 · May 30, 2024
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