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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Charles C. Watson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jicun Hu, Knoxville, TN (US);
Chuanyu Zhou, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/005 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/5282 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for simulating, and correcting for, doubly scattered annihilation gamma-ray photons in both time-of-flight (TOF) and non-TOF positron emission tomography scan data are disclosed.