Double scatter simulation for improved reconstruction of positron emission tomography data
US11288847B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/452
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods for simulating, and correcting for, doubly scattered annihilation gamma-ray photons in both time-of-flight (TOF) and non-TOF positron emission tomography scan data are disclosed.
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