METHOD OF REGULARLIZATION DESIGN AND PARAMETER TUNING FOR DYNAMIC POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20210335022A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US16857916

    申请日:2020-04-24

    Abstract: A method of imaging includes obtaining a plurality of dynamic sinograms, each dynamic sinogram representing detection events of gamma rays at a plurality of detector elements, summing the plurality of dynamic sinograms to generate an activity map based on a radioactivity level of the gamma rays; reconstructing, using the plurality of dynamic sinograms, a plurality of dynamic images, each of the plurality of dynamic images corresponding to one of the each of the plurality of dynamic sinograms, and generating, using the plurality of dynamic sinograms and the activity map, at least one parametric image.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PET DETECTOR EFFICIENCY NORMALIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220113437A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17557710

    申请日:2021-12-21

    Abstract: A method of normalizing detector elements in an imaging system is described herein. The method includes a line source that is easier to handle for a user, and decouples the normalization of the detector elements into a transaxial domain and an axial domain in order to isolate errors due to positioning of the line source. Additional simulations are performed to augment the real scanner normalization. A simulation of a simulated line source closely matching the real line source can be performed to isolate errors due to physical properties of the crystals and position of the crystals in the system, wherein the simulated detector crystals are otherwise modeled uniformly. A simulation of a simulated cylinder source can be performed to determine errors due to other effects stemming from gaps between the detector crystals.

    NEURAL NETWORK FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20220327665A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-13

    申请号:US17225672

    申请日:2021-04-08

    Abstract: Existing, low quality images can be restored using reconstruction or a combination of post-reconstruction techniques to generate a real patient phantom. The real patient phantom (RPP) can then be simulated in Monte Carlo simulations of a higher performance system and a lower performance system. Alternatively, the RPP can be simulated in the higher performance system, and a real scan can be performed by an existing, lower performance system. The higher performance system can be differentiated from the lower performance system in a variety of ways, including a higher resolution time of flight measurement capability, a greater sensitivity, smaller detector crystals, or less scattering. A neural network can be trained using the images produce by the higher performance system as the target, and the images produced by the lower performance system as the input. After training, the trained neural network can be used to output input images taken in a lower performance system with higher performance system characteristics.

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