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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2004
Alexander Ganin, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ricardo Scott Avila, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dinko Eduardo Gonzalez Trotter, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Guilderland, NY (US);
James Vradenburg Miller, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Baby Sebastian, Flemington, NJ (US);
Alexander Ganin, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
Floribertus Philippus Martinus Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Ricardo Scott Avila, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dinko Eduardo Gonzalez Trotter, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar, Guilderland, NY (US);
James Vradenburg Miller, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Baby Sebastian, Flemington, NJ (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for imaging a patient are provided. The method includes determining a location of a volume of interest within the patient and acquiring a plurality of frames of emission data, at least one frame including the volume of interest. The method further includes determining a time-of-flight (TOF) information of at least a portion of the annihilations detected along a line of response between corresponding coincidence detectors and generating an image of the patient from the emission data using the determined TOF information.