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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Floribertus P. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Timothy Wayne Deller, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Kristen Ann Wangerin, Waukesha, WI (US);
Matthew Spangler-Bickell, Strand, ZA;
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for medical imaging systems. In one embodiment, a method for a medical imaging system comprises acquiring emission data during a positron emission tomography (PET) scan of a patient, reconstructing a series of live PET images while acquiring the emission data, and tracking motion of the patient during the acquiring based on the series of live PET images. In this way, patient motion during the scan may be identified and compensated for via scan acquisition and/or data processing adjustments, thereby producing a diagnostic PET image with reduced motion artifacts and increased diagnostic quality.