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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for adaptive coincidence data processing is provided. The method includes detecting positron annihilation events with a detector array of a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, wherein the PET scanner includes multiple detector rings disposed along a longitudinal axis of the PET scanner, and each detector ring includes multiple detectors. The method also includes, within a given time period, dynamically adjusting a number of positron annihilation events accepted and transmitted to acquisition circuitry for processing utilizing a numerical difference in detector rings along the longitudinal axis between a first detector and a second detector detecting respective annihilation photons from a positron annihilation event.