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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1997
Albert Henry Lonn, Beaconsfield, GB;
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A nuclear medical imaging system generates transmission and emission images simultaneously. The system includes a gamma camera and a linear transmission source disposed on opposite sides of an imaging region in which a patient lies. A plurality of views are taken at different rotational angles around a patient. At each angle, the view acquisition period is divided into two segments based on whether the transmission source is on or off. Emission image data is acquired either in both period segments or only while the transmission source is off. The transmission image data is acquired when the transmission source is on, and crosstalk image data is acquired when the transmission source is off.