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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Michael A. Morich, Mentor, OH (US);
Gordon D. Demeester, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Michael A. Morich, Mentor, OH (US);
Gordon D. Demeester, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging method comprises: acquiring magnetic resonance data of a subject using a magnetic resonance component (') disposed with the subject; acquiring nuclear imaging data of the subject with the magnetic resonance component disposed with the subject; determining a position of the magnetic resonance component respective to a frame of reference of the nuclear imaging data; and reconstructing the nuclear imaging data () to generate a nuclear image () of at least a portion of the subject. The reconstructing includes adjusting at least one of the nuclear imaging data and the nuclear image based on a density map () of the magnetic resonance component and the determined position of the magnetic resonance component respective to the frame of reference of the nuclear imaging data to correct the nuclear image for radiation absorption by the magnetic resonance component.