Radioimaging

US8000773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Spectrum Dynamics LLC · US

Inventors

• Benny Rousso · Bat Yam, IL
• Shlomo Ben-Haim · Haifa, IL
• Michael Nagler · Nes Ziona, IL
• Omer Ziv · Rehovot, IL
• Ran Ravhon · Kiryat Motzkin, IL
• Dalia Dickman · Kiryat Shmona, IL
• Yoel Zilberstein · Haifa, IL
• Eli Dichterman · Haifa, IL
• Simona Ben-Haim · London, GB
• Shankar Vallabhajosula · Larchmont, US
• Daniel Berman · Burbank, US
• Zohar Bronshtine · Pardes Hana-Karkur, IL
• Ziv Popper · Jerusalem, IL
• Nir Weissberg · Haifa, IL
• Nathaniel Roth · Nes Ziona, IL
• Haim Melman · Kfar Sava, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/507
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of imaging, including receiving radioactive radiation from a body; reconstructing a 3D SPECT image of a distribution of radiation in at least one voxel of said body; and reconstructing a dynamic change in radiation in said voxel, as an updated image, at a rate of faster than one change per 5 minutes, wherein said reconstructed image is a clinically useful image including a resolution of 10 mm or better for a voxel volume of at least 5 cm in diameter and a contrast to background ratio of radiation of at least 2:1.