Methods of view selection for radioactive emission measurements
US8280124B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/4258
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is described for identifying an optimal, or preferred set of views for radioactive-emission measurements of a body structure, based on modeling the body structure, in terms of its geometry and radioactive emission distribution, obtaining different sets of views of the model, and scoring the different sets of views, with a scoring function, using information theoretic measures, for example, for uniformity, reliability and separability in reconstruction.The preferred set of views may then be applied in imaging the in-vivo body structure, that has been modeled.
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