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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

May. 30, 2012
Applicants:

Matthias Fenchel, Erlangen, DE;

Kirstin Jattke, Nürnberg, DE;

Jun Bao, Knoxville, TN (US);

Alto Stemmer, Erlangen, DE;

William Curtis Howe, Knoxville, TN (US);

Inventors:

Matthias Fenchel, Erlangen, DE;

Kirstin Jattke, Nürnberg, DE;

Jun Bao, Knoxville, TN (US);

Alto Stemmer, Erlangen, DE;

William Curtis Howe, Knoxville, TN (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/7285 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/527 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); A61B 6/5264 (2013.01); A61B 6/5288 (2013.01); G01R 33/481 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 6/548 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments relate to a method of attenuation correction of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) data based on Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT) data. A method of at least one embodiment further includes determining further data being indicative of an iterative cycle of a physiological observable of a patient and matching the PET data with the MRT data based on the further data.


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