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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
John Jay Williams, Hartland, WI (US);
Alexander Ganin, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Charles William Stearns, New Berlin, WI (US);
Yiping Shao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Guilderland, NY (US);
John Jay Williams, Hartland, WI (US);
Alexander Ganin, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Charles William Stearns, New Berlin, WI (US);
Yiping Shao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Guilderland, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for calibrating a positron emission tomography (PET) system are provided. The method includes determining at least one non-acquisition time period for the PET system. The method further includes automatically acquiring calibration data during the at least one non-acquisition time period.