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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joaquikn L. Herraiz, Boston, MA (US);
Eduardo M. Lage, Boston, MA (US);
Vicente J. Parot, Cambridge, MA (US);
Shivang R. Dave, Boston, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for acquiring a series of medical images includes a plurality of detectors configured to be arranged to acquire gamma rays emitted from a subject as a result of an advanced radionuclide administered to the subject and communicate signals corresponding to acquired gamma rays. A data processing system is configured to receive the signals from the plurality of detectors, determine double coincidence event dataset and a multiple coincidence event dataset, separate the multiple coincidence event dataset into at least one of a standard lines of response dataset and a nonstandard lines of response dataset, and apply a background correction to the double coincidence event dataset based on the non-standard lines of response dataset and/or the standard lines of response dataset to obtain a standard coincidence dataset.