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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventor:
James J. Hamill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/5288 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for correcting the mismatch between computed tomography (CT) scan and positron emission tomography (PET) scan modalities caused by patient respiration by selecting PET image slices aligned with the phase and amplitude in which the CT was acquired PET image slices so they are aligned with the phase and amplitude in which the CT scan was acquired.