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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2008
William Jones, Knoxville, TN (US);
John E. Breeding, Knoxville, TN (US);
Johnny H. Reed, Clinton, TN (US);
Jimmy Everman, Maryville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
William Jones, Knoxville, TN (US);
John E. Breeding, Knoxville, TN (US);
Johnny H. Reed, Clinton, TN (US);
Jimmy Everman, Maryville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for simulating a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) gantry has a computer system having a bus system for receiving expansion cards, a mass data storage support system, the mass storage system being operable to store coincidence-event and tag packet data, and a data transfer simulation card for said bus system, wherein the data transfer simulation card is operable to simulate transfer timing of the stored coincidence-event and tag packet data.