Nuclear imaging
US7197171B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/424
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for producing a nuclear medicine image utilizing emission data in an iterative reconstruction process. The starting point for the iterative process is based on internal structure information. The internal structure information can be based on data that is different from the nuclear emission data used in the reconstruction itself, for example CT X-Ray attenuation data, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound Imaging or nuclear transmission data.
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