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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Hans Wehrl, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Fenchel, Erlangen, DE;
Silvia Bettina Arroyo Camejo, Fuerth, DE;
Bjoern Jakoby, Nuremberg, DE;
Julian Wohlers, Erlangen, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A method for creating a quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) image of a subject or object comprises recording correction information data with an imaging device; transmitting the correction information data to a first evaluating unit which includes at least one of preparing an attenuation map on based on the correction information data and passing on the attenuation map as checking data to a second evaluating unit or sending the correction information data as checking data to the second evaluating unit; assessing the checking data based on a quantity of reference data and detecting possible artifacts in the checking data by way of the second evaluating unit; at least one of initializing correction measures by way of the second evaluating unit or proposing correction measures to a user; and preparing a corrected attenuation map based on the correction measures.