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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Schaefferkoetter, Knoxville, TN (US);
Paul Schleyer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Yifan Zheng, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 12/10 (2026.01); G06T 12/20 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 12/10 (2026.01); G06T 12/20 (2026.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01); G06T 2211/441 (2023.08);
Abstract
A framework for medical image data processing. An attenuation correction factor (ACF) map is generated by applying the raw emission data directly to one or more artificial neural networks. A medical image may then be reconstructed from the ACF map.