ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,997, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).
"Arrangement of pet detectors for combined PET/MR systems" was invented by Matthias J. Schmand (Lenoir City, Tenn.), Paul Schleyer (Knoxville, Tenn.), James L. Corbeil (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Vladimir Panin (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A PET system for a PET/MRI machine is disclosed. The PET system includes a PET detector assembly arranged to form a single gap aligned with the high-density support structure assembly and the shielded cable assembly that run along the patient bed in the PET/MRI machine. The PET detector arrange...