Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission imaging in a pet scanner based on forward-scattered gamma rays with coincidence detection
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Application No.: US17756910Application Date: 2021-04-20
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Publication No.: US11768300B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: James Hamill
- Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Malvern
- Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Malvern
- International Application: PCT/US2021/070429 2021.04.20
- International Announcement: WO2021/222921A 2021.11.04
- Date entered country: 2022-06-06
- Main IPC: G01T1/161
- IPC: G01T1/161
Abstract:
Disclosed is a novel method of obtaining transmission scan data in a PET scanner by incorporating one or more stationary gamma-ray sources that provide forward scattered gamma-photons that can be used as transmission imaging radiation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230003909A1 TRANSMISSION IMAGING IN A PET SCANNER BASED ON FORWARD-SCATTERED GAMMA RAYS WITH COINCIDENCE DETECTION Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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