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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Dongming HU, Knoxville, TN (US);
Blake Atkins, Maryville, TN (US);
Mark W. Lenox, Harriman, TN (US);
Inventors:
Dongming Hu, Knoxville, TN (US);
Blake Atkins, Maryville, TN (US);
Mark W. Lenox, Harriman, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crystal lookup table used to define a matching relationship between a signal position of a detected event in a PET scanner and a corresponding detector pixel location is generated using a neural network-based algorithm, and is implemented by a FPGA.