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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Kris Filip Johan Jules Thielemans, London, GB;
Charalampos Panos Tsoumpas, London, GB;
Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Inventors:
Kris Filip Johan Jules Thielemans, London, GB;
Charalampos Panos Tsoumpas, London, GB;
Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Assignees:
Hammersmith Imanet Ltd., London, GB;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The method calculates a scatter estimate for scatter correction of detection data from a subject in a positron emission tomographic scanner. The detection data represent the scattered events and unscattered events of annihilation photons emitted in the subject. The method uses the following steps: