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- Patent Title: Timing calibration using internal radiation and external radiation source in time of flight positron emission tomography
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Application No.: US16907972Application Date: 2020-06-22
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Publication No.: US11573339B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Xiaoli Li , Yi Qiang , Kent C. Burr , Peng Peng
- Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara
- Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01T7/00
- IPC: G01T7/00 ; G01T1/29 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
A method and system for providing improved timing calibration information for use with apparatuses performing Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography scans. Relative timing offset, including timing walk, within a set of processing units in the scanner are obtained and corrected using a stationary limited extent positron-emitting source, and timing offset between the set of processing units is calibrated using an internal radiation source, for performing calibration.
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