Continuous time-of-flight scatter simulation method
US8809791B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A continuous time-of-flight scatter simulation method is provided, with a related method of correcting PET imaging data to compensate for photon scatter. Scatter contributions from each imaging pixel in a field of view may be calculated without binning data.
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