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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Sven Peter Prevrhal, Hamburg, DE;
Michael Grass, Buchholz In der Nordheide, DE;
Andreas Georg Goedicke, Aachen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention refers to an apparatus that allows to improve the image quality of nuclear images, e.g. PET images. The apparatus () comprises a providing unit () for providing nuclear image data of a region of interest, a providing unit () for providing a motion signal indicative of a motion of the region of interest, a determination unit () for determining different motion states of the region of interest based on the motion signal, a determination unit () for determining for each motion state nuclear image data corresponding to the motion state, a reconstruction unit () for reconstructing an absorption map for each motion state based on the corresponding nuclear image data of the respective motion state, and a reconstruction unit () for reconstructing one or more nuclear images of the region of interest based on the nuclear image data and the absorption maps reconstructed for each motion state.