Methods and apparatus for analyzing medical imaging data
US8693741B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 8, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30084
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for analyzing medical imaging data of a subject from an imaging modality using a tracer, data from detection of tracer emission events at least one region of a scanned imaging volume are obtained, and the data processed to establish sub-periods or time points within a scan period for the emission events. A rate of change of emission events per unit time for a given region is then calculated, for example by obtaining a number of emission events in each sub-period in the given region, and fitting a line through the values for the sub-periods.
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