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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Applicant:
A Hans Vija, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventor:
A Hans Vija, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/166 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Generation of attenuation maps for nuclear medicine image reconstructions based on the use of anatomical image data, such as CT data, take into account variations caused by variations in acquisition energy width and emission energy of the radioisotope used in the clinical imaging procedure, as coefficient correction factors that are stored together with such maps.