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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Applicants:
Vladimir Y. Panin, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Vladimir Y. Panin, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael E. Casey, Louisville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/29 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01);
Abstract
Normalization coefficients in are computed for positron emission tomography (PET) continuous bed motion acquisition (CBM). The normalization coefficients for the lines-of-response in CBM account for the change in decay of the injected isotope over time and/or changes in velocity of the bed motion.