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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Sharon Xiaorong Wang, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
James Frank Caruba, Bartlett, IL (US);
James T. Chapman, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Ronald E. Malmin, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Fang, Barrington, IL (US);
Sharon Xiaorong Wang, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
James Frank Caruba, Bartlett, IL (US);
James T. Chapman, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Ronald E. Malmin, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Fang, Barrington, IL (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for calibrating a scintillation camera includes steps of constructing a pair of generic linearity coefficient (LC) matrices from a representative detector based on measurement of non-linearity; and transforming the pair of generic LC matrices according to measured pinhole locations from a lead mask to generate detector specific LC matrices.