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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Jeffrey A. Kolthammer, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Jeffrey A. Kolthammer, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method and system for use in positron emission tomography, wherein a list-based reconstructor means () is configured to generate first portion volumetric data responsive to a first portion of a plurality of positron annihilation events detected during a positron emission tomography scan; generate a human-readable image indicative of the first portion volumetric data; use a list-based reconstruction technique to generate composite volumetric data responsive to the first portion volumetric data and a second portion of the plurality of positron annihilation events; and generate a composite human-readable image indicative of the composite volumetric data. In another aspect the reconstructor () is configured to selecting first or second portion event quantities responsive to one or more parameters including image definition requirements and processing time requirements.