Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for imaging and attenuation correction
- Patent Title (中): 用于成像和衰减校正的装置和方法
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Application No.: US10533568Application Date: 2003-11-04
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Publication No.: US07652259B2Publication Date: 2010-01-26
- Inventor: Yoav Kimchy , Roni Amrami , Yoel Zilberstein
- Applicant: Yoav Kimchy , Roni Amrami , Yoel Zilberstein
- Applicant Address: US NY Orangeburg
- Assignee: Spectrum Dynamics LLC
- Current Assignee: Spectrum Dynamics LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Orangeburg
- International Application: PCT/IL03/00917 WO 20031104
- International Announcement: WO2004/042546 WO 20040521
- Main IPC: G01T1/24
- IPC: G01T1/24 ; A61B5/05

Abstract:
Imaging apparatus, is provided, comprising a first device, for obtaining a first image, by a first modality, selected from the group consisting of SPECT, PET, CT, an extracorporeal gamma scan, an extracorporeal beta scan, x-rays, an intracorporeal gamma scan, an intracorporeal beta scan, an intravascular gamma scan, an intravascular beta scan, and a combination thereof, and a second device, for obtaining a second, structural image, by a second modality, selected from the group consisting of a three-dimensional ultrasound, an MRI operative by an internal magnetic field, an extracorporeal ultrasound, an extracorporeal MRI operative by an external magnetic field, an intracorporeal ultrasound, an intracorporeal MRI operative by an external magnetic field, an intravascular ultrasound, and a combination thereof, and wherein the apparatus further includes a computerized system, configured to construct an attenuation map, for the first image, based on the second, structural image. Additionally, the computerized system is configured to display an attenuation-corrected first image as well as a superposition of the attenuation-corrected first image and the second, structural image. Furthermore, the apparatus is operative to guide an in-vivo instrument based on the superposition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060237652A1 Apparatus and methods for imaging and attenuation correction Public/Granted day:2006-10-26
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