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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
George Sgouros, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Robert Hobbs, Baltimore, MD (US);
George Sgouros, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Robert Hobbs, Baltimore, MD (US);
The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for adjusting count rate information, comprising: acquiring, using at least one detector, static image information from at least one imaged object; acquiring, using the at least one detector, whole body image information from the at least one imaged object; determining, using at least one computer application, the count rate information using the static image information and the whole body image information; and adjusting, using the at least one computer application, the count rate information by accounting for movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object.