The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Patrick Olivier, Solon, OH (US);
Parmeshwar Khurd, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Olivier, Solon, OH (US);
Parmeshwar Khurd, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Kindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/166 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/005 (2013.01); G06T 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A continuous time-of-flight scatter simulation method is provided, with a related method of correcting PET imaging data to compensate for photon scatter. Scatter contributions from each imaging pixel in a field of view may be calculated without binning data.