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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2005
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Guilderland, NY (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Charles William Stearns, New Berlin, WI (US);
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Guilderland, NY (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Charles William Stearns, New Berlin, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a technique for reconstructing PET scan images. According to one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reconstructing PET scan images. The method comprises: detecting a plurality of coincidence events in a PET scanner; storing data associated with the plurality of coincidence events in a chronological list based on a detection time for each of the plurality of coincidence events; generating correction data based on scatter coincidence events and random coincidence events in the plurality of coincidence events; and reconstructing one or more PET scan images based at least in part on the chronological list of data and the correction data.