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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Steven E. Cooke, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Donald R. Wellnitz, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Thomas L. Laurence, North Royalton, OH (US);
Inventors:
Steven E. Cooke, Garfield Heights, OH (US);
Donald R. Wellnitz, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Thomas L. Laurence, North Royalton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/166 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of reconstructing time-of-flight (TOF) images includes obtaining a profile of a subject to be imaged in an examination region () of an imaging system (), Events associated with radiation emitted from the subject are detected and converted to electronic data. Electronic data attributable to radiation events located outside the profile are removed and images are reconstructed from the remaining electronic data.