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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 23, 2006
Robert Krieg, Nürnberg, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Ralf Ladebeck, Erlangen, DE;
Ralph Oppelt, Uttenreuth, DE;
Sebastian Schmidt, Erlangen, DE;
Markus Vester, Nürnberg, DE;
Robert Krieg, Nürnberg, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Ralf Ladebeck, Erlangen, DE;
Ralph Oppelt, Uttenreuth, DE;
Sebastian Schmidt, Erlangen, DE;
Markus Vester, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining positron emission measurement information in the context of positron emission tomography. The method includes carrying out a positron emission measurement, in a body area of a subject to be examined, to record positron emission measurement information with point resolution and determining a time frame of the measurement by, at the same time, generating images of the body area to be examined with a relatively higher time resolution and with point-resolved image data, using a second imaging method. Further, a local shift of points of individual images of the second imaging method is determined, caused by movement processes of the subject to be examined, and as a function thereof, of the positron emission measurement information for at least a part of the measurement period and of the body area to be examined. Finally, the positron emission measurement information is adjusted as a function of the determined shift.