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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Daniel McGowan, Wauconda, IL (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Grayslake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); G01T 1/1647 (2013.01); G01T 1/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, method, computer-readable medium, and system for adjusting data acquisition parameters during a scan performed by a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner. The method includes obtaining, during the scan, a current temperature of a detector of the PET scanner, and adjusting, based on the current temperature, the data acquisition parameters used by the PET scanner during the scan.