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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Sven Prevrhal, Hamburg, DE;
Joerg Bredno, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy Perkins, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Olivier, Solon, OH (US);
Sven Prevrhal, Hamburg, DE;
Joerg Bredno, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amy Perkins, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Olivier, Solon, OH (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A nuclear imaging apparatus () acquires nuclear imaging data comprising events wherein each event records at least spatial localization information and a timestamp for a nuclear decay event. An event-preserving image reconstruction module () reconstructs the nuclear imaging data using an event-preserving reconstruction algorithm to generate an image represented as an event-preserving reconstructed image dataset (I) comprising for each event the timestamp and at least one spatial voxel assignment. One or more structures are identified in the image and independent motion compensation is performed for each structure. In one approach, an events group is identified corresponding to the structure comprising events assigned to the structure by the event-preserving reconstructed image dataset; a time binning of the events of each events group is optimized based on a motion profile for the structure; time bin images are generated; and the structure is spatially registered in the time bin images.