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Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2014
Applicants:

Kevin Matthew Koch, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Gaspar Delso, Schlieren, CH;

Inventors:

Kevin Matthew Koch, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Gaspar Delso, Schlieren, CH;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); G01R 33/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for attenuation correcting a PET image of a target includes locating a radiopaque structure by MRI scan of the target; fitting a model of the radiopaque structure to the MRI scan image; and correcting attenuation of the PET image based on the fitted model.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Koch, Kevin. (2018). Method, apparatus, and article for pet attenuation correction utilizing mri (U.S. Patent No. 10064589). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10064589

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