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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Vi-hoa Tran, Newport News, VA (US);
Steven Richard Meikle, Penshurst, AU;
Mark Frederick Smith, Yorktown, VA (US);
Inventors:
Vi-Hoa Tran, Newport News, VA (US);
Steven Richard Meikle, Penshurst, AU;
Mark Frederick Smith, Yorktown, VA (US);
Assignee:
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, Newport News, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/161 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for calibrating multi-headed high sensitivity and high spatial resolution dynamic imaging systems, especially those useful in the acquisition of tomographic images of small animals. The method of the present invention comprises: simultaneously calibrating two or more detectors to the same coordinate system; and functionally correcting for unwanted detector movement due to gantry flexing.