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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Ray S. Xu, Algonquin, IL (US);
James T. Chapman, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Ray S. Xu, Algonquin, IL (US);
James T. Chapman, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and device are provided for matching a patient coordinate system (PCS) of a nuclear medical imaging scanner with a coordinate system of a CT scanner in a multimodality modular imaging system, based on a predefined relationship between a vertical position of a patient bed during the NM scan; an axial position of the patient bed during the NM scan; an axial distance between a gantry of the NM scanner and a gantry of the CT scanner; and a vertical distance between a center of orbit of the NM scanner and a center of rotation of the CT gantry.
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