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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Seoul, KR;
Sang Keun Woo, Seoul, KR;
Kyeong Min Kim, Seoul, KR;
Tae Won Nam, Seoul, KR;
Ji Min Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sang Moo Lim, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Provided are apparatuses and methods of resampling event data for quantitative improvement of a PET image, which acquire a quantitatively-improved new PET image by analyzing a storage format of list data prior to conversion into the PET image and nonparametrically resampling event data from the list data based on the analysis results to improve noise and statistical characteristics thereof. The quantitatively improved new PET image may be acquired by analyzing a storage format of list data constituting the PET image and nonparametrically resampling event data to improve noise and statistical characteristics thereof.