Slit-slat collimation

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2007-03-19

2010-11-09

Glick, Edward J (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Beam control

Collimator

C378S149000, C250S363100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07831024

ABSTRACT:
This invention is directed to a collimator and collimation techniques. Specifically, the invention is directed to a collimator and method for collimation wherein the collimator combines the resolution and sensitivity properties of pinhole Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) imaging with the 2D complete-sampling properties of fan-beam collimators.

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