Autonomous gamma, X-ray, and particle detector

S Czarnecki, A Krol, K Mandal, MD Poliks… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for imaging gamma-and X-ray, and charged particles
sources employing a three dimensional array of scintillation elements arranged surrounding …

Motion compensation in quantitative data analysis and therapy

M Busch, R Brinks - US Patent 8,588,367, 2013 - Google Patents
An apparatus includes a diagnostic scanner (102) and a treat Related US Application Data
ment planner (112). The treatment planner (112) plans a treatment to be applied to an …

System and method for image calibration

W Zhu, H Li, M Chen - US Patent 10,078,889, 2018 - Google Patents
The disclosure relates to a system and method for generating an image by the following
steps: obtaining a first image and a second image relating to a subject; obtaining a third …

System and method reconstructing a nuclear medicine image using deformed attenuation image

RM Manjeshwar, S Ahn, K Thielemans - US Patent 9,031,300, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The invention relates generally to tomographic imaging and, more
particularly, to methods and systems for correcting for motion-induced attenuation mismatch …

Method and apparatus for reducing motion related imaging artifacts using consistency values

SD Wollenweber, A Alessio, P Kinahan - US Patent 8,879,814, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for reducing, in an image, motion related imaging artifacts. The
method includes obtaining a single image of a Subject using a computed tomography (CT) …

Completion of truncated attenuation maps using maximum likelihood estimation of attenuation and activity (MLAA)

CJ Michel, J Nuyts - US Patent 8,620,053, 2013 - Google Patents
The present invention is a method of generating a best estimate of an image attenuation
map derived from a truncated image attenuation map and PET emissions data for the object …

Simultaneous reconstruction of emission activity and attenuation coefficient distribution from TOF data, acquired with external shell source

VY Panin, ME Casey - US Patent 8,913,810, 2014 - Google Patents
Methods, and systems therefrom, for generating images from time of flight (TOF) data
associated with a scan of at least one object using a positron emission tomography system …

Error estimates in quantitative functional imaging

AH Vija - US Patent 9,364,192, 2016 - Google Patents
Systematic error is estimated as a function of location in quantitative functional imaging. The
systematic error is estimated by perturbing the system matrix. The values of one or more …

Method for generation of attenuation map in PET-MR

B Schweizer, AF Salomon - US Patent 8,600,136, 2013 - Google Patents
A magnetic resonance (MR) image segmentation processor (32) is configured to identify one
or more geometrical regions of a subject using an MR image of the subject. An emission …

System and method for image data processing in positron emission tomography

W Zhu, H Li - US Patent 10,410,383, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for reconstructing a PET image. The
systems may execute the methods to acquire PET data of a subject. The PET data may …