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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:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Vijay Shah, Knoxville, TN (US);

Sven Zuehlsdorff, Oak Brook, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/5294 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01);
Abstract

A system and method include identification of a blood pool region of the body based on the acquired positron emission tomography data, determination of activity in the blood pool region associated with a first time based on the acquired positron emission tomography data, determination of a scale factor based on the determined activity in the blood pool region and on an input function associated with one or more other human bodies, determination of activity in a tissue region associated with a second time based on the acquired positron emission tomography data, determination of a specific uptake ratio associated with the second time based on the activity in the tissue region, the scale factor and a value of the input function at the second time, determination of an estimate of metabolic rate in the tissue region based on the specific uptake ratio and the input function, and determination of a diagnosis associated with the tissue region based on the estimate of metabolic rate.


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