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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 17, 2007
Michel Defrise, Brussels, BE;
Vladimir Panin, Knoxville, TN (US);
Christian J. Michel, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Michel Defrise, Brussels, BE;
Vladimir Panin, Knoxville, TN (US);
Christian J. Michel, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
Axial rebinning methods are provided for 3D time-of-flight (TOF) positron emission tomography (PET), based on 2D data rebinning. Rebinning is performed separately for each axial plane parallel to the axis of the PET scanner. An analytical approach is provided that is based on a consistency condition for TOF-PET data with a gaussian profile. A fully discrete approach is also provided, wherein each 2D TOF-PET data is calculated as a linear combination of 3D TOF-PET data having the same sinogram coordinates s and φ.