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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Trudy D. Rempel, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 ;
Abstract
Spacing of septa (septa pitch)used in coincidence imaging is varied to maximize imaging count rate in coincidence imaging by PET or Hybrid PET. This is accomplished through use of detector performance indicators, which are used in connection with a processor to determine the point of peak performance. These detector performance indicators can be, but are not limited to single photon count rate, detector dead time or detector busy time.