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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Applicants:
Inki Hong, Knoxville, TN (US);
Xiao-bo Pan, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Inki Hong, Knoxville, TN (US);
Xiao-Bo Pan, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/005 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2211/424 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for correcting for residual activity due to an earlier tracer in a later PET or SPECT scan image at reconstruction, thereby generating a residual-corrected later image the residual activity is estimated by detecting the time of an introduction of a tracer for the later PET or SPECT scan; and separating the residual activity from the true counts during iterative reconstruction of the PET or SPECT scan image.