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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
James J. Hamill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Günther Platsch, Röthenbach, DE;
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
James J. Hamill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Günther Platsch, Röthenbach, DE;
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A medical imaging device has an emission tomograph, at least one ultrasonic (US) probe for providing images giving real-time information about the location of the internal organs of a subject, a tracking system for spatially locating the at least one ultrasonic probe in relation to the medical imaging device, and an image processing unit in which the location information obtained by the ultrasonic probe is used for attenuation correction of image information obtained by the emission tomograph.