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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Charles C. Watson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vladimir Panin, Knoxville, TN (US);
Bernard Bendriem, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Charles C. Watson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vladimir Panin, Knoxville, TN (US);
Bernard Bendriem, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of TOF-PET image reconstruction using time-truncated TOF-PET projection data. The time-truncated TOF-PET data is obtained by narrowing the scanner time window to a smaller 'time window field of view,' which reduces the field of view of a TOF-PET scanner. This results in a lower list mode stream transfer rate, which can be useful in high count rate data acquisitions, in particularRb cardiac studies.