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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:

Benny Rousso, Rishon-LeZion, IL;

Shlomo Ben-haim, London, GB;

Michael Nagler, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Omer Ziv, Rechovot, IL;

Ran Ravhon, Kiryat-Motzkin, IL;

Dalia Dickman, Moshav Manof Doar-Na Misgav, IL;

Yoel Zilberstein, Haifa, IL;

Eli Dichterman, Haifa, IL;

Simona Ben-haim, Caesarea, IL;

Shankar Vallabhajosula, Larchmont, NY (US);

Daniel Berman, Valley Village, CA (US);

Zohar Bronshtine, Talmey ElAzar, IL;

Ziv Popper, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;

Nir Weissberg, Haifa, IL;

Nathaniel Roth, Herzlia Pituach, IL;

Haim Melman, Kfar-Saba, IL;

Inventors:

Benny Rousso, Rishon-LeZion, IL;

Shlomo Ben-Haim, London, GB;

Michael Nagler, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Omer Ziv, Rechovot, IL;

Ran Ravhon, Kiryat-Motzkin, IL;

Dalia Dickman, Moshav Manof Doar-Na Misgav, IL;

Yoel Zilberstein, Haifa, IL;

Eli Dichterman, Haifa, IL;

Simona Ben-Haim, Caesarea, IL;

Shankar Vallabhajosula, Larchmont, NY (US);

Daniel Berman, Valley Village, CA (US);

Zohar Bronshtine, Talmey ElAzar, IL;

Ziv Popper, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;

Nir Weissberg, Haifa, IL;

Nathaniel Roth, Herzlia Pituach, IL;

Haim Melman, Kfar-Saba, IL;

Assignee:

Spectrum Dynamics LLC, Orangeburg, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of imaging, including receiving radioactive radiation from a body; reconstructing a 3D SPECT image of a distribution of radiation in at least one voxel of said body; and reconstructing a dynamic change in radiation in said voxel, as an updated image, at a rate of faster than one change per 5 minutes, wherein said reconstructed image is a clinically useful image including a resolution of 10 mm or better for a voxel volume of at least 5 cm in diameter and a contrast to background ratio of radiation of at least 2:1.


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