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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Charles H. Hayden, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Charles C. Watson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Charles H. Hayden, Jr., Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Charles C. Watson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01R 23/02 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for correcting PET emission data for prompt gamma emission background components present in non-pure positron-emitting isotopes uses a two component fit of modeled scatter and modeled prompt gamma emission in the area of scatter tails in a normalized emission sinogram. The method allows a PET scan using non-standard PET isotopes to be quantitative and thus more clinically useful.