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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Marc Busch, Cologne, DE;
Ralph Brinks, Hagen, DE;
Inventors:
Marc Busch, Cologne, DE;
Ralph Brinks, Hagen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A radiation detection apparatus () acquires projection data of an object that is subject to motion during the acquisition. The apparatus includes a motion modeler () and a motion compensator () that cooperate to compensate for a motion of the object during the acquisition. In one example, the projection data includes list mode positron emission tomography data and the apparatus compensates for cardiac motion.