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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
John R Liebig, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven M Jones, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Xiaohan Wang, Alameda, CA (US);
ADAC Laboratories, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of coregistering medical image data of different modalities is provided. In the method, an emission scan of an object is performed using a nuclear medicine imaging system to acquire single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) image data. A transmission scan of the object is performed simultaneously with the emission scan using the same nuclear medicine imaging system in order to acquire nuclear medicine transmission image data. The emission scan is performed using a roving zoom window, while the transmission scan is performed using the full field of view of the detectors. By knowing the position of the zoom windows for each detection angle, the nuclear medicine transmission image data can be coregistered with the SPECT emission image data as a result of the simultaneous scans. Image data of a modality other than SPECT, such as x-ray computed tomography (x-ray CT) data, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, or positron emission tomography (PET) data, is also provided, which it is desired to have coregistered with the SPECT emission data. The nuclear medicine transmission image data is therefore coregistered with the image data of the different modality. As a result, the image data of the different modality becomes coregistered with the SPECT image data.