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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Hans Vija, Evanston, IL (US);

Michal Cachovan, Baiersdorf, DE;

Miesher Rodrigues, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/583 (2013.01); A61M 5/007 (2013.01); G01T 1/24 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01);
Abstract

For calibration of internal dose in nuclear imaging, the dose model used for estimating internal dose in a patient is calibrated. One or more values of the dose model (e.g., a physics simulation, dose kernels, or a transport model) are set based on measured dose. The dose may be measured relative to specific tissues and/or isotopes, providing for tracer and tissue specific calibration. For example, dose from the tracer to be injected into the patient is estimated from emissions as well as measured by a dosimeter in a tissue mimicking tissue mimicking object. These doses are used to calibrate the dose model, which calibrated dose model is then used to determine internal dose for the patient.


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