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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining at least one correction parameter for a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner including a plurality of detector units is provided. For each of the plurality of detector units, the methods may include determining, based on scan data of one or more scans of a phantom at a plurality of positions, a first sum of coincidence events detected by the detector unit. The methods may further include determining a second sum of coincidence events that are expected to be detected by the detector unit and determining, based on the first sum of coincidence events and the second sum of coincidence events, at least one correction parameter associated with the detector unit. The phantom may be moved to the plurality of positions along an axis of a field of view of the PET scanner during the one or more scans.