IP Library Granted Patent US 8,914,237
Granted Patent B2
US 8,914,237 · App. 12/690,471 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Method and system for gamma camera count rate saturation correction

Inventors: George Sgouros (Ellicott City, MD); Robert Hobbs (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: The John Hopkins University
G01T1/1647G01T1/163
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Patent No.
US 8,914,237
App. No.
12/690,471
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for adjusting count rate information, comprising: acquiring, using at least one detector, static image information from at least one imaged object; acquiring, using the at least one detector, whole body image information from the at least one imaged object; determining, using at least one computer application, the count rate information using the static image information and the whole body image information; and adjusting, using the at least one computer application, the count rate information by accounting for movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object.

Claims (29)

1. A method for adjusting count rate information, comprising:

acquiring, using at least one detector, static image information from at least one imaged object;

acquiring, using the at least one detector, whole body image information from the at least one imaged object such that the whole body image information is distinct from the static image information, wherein the whole body images information is sweep information;

determining, using at least one computer application, the count rate information using the static image information and the whole body image information; and

adjusting, using the at least one computer application, the count rate information using count saturation information and by accounting for movement of the at least one detector with respect to the at least one imaged object.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector is at least one gamma camera.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one imaged object is: at least one phantom and/or at least one patient.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the static image information and/or the whole body information is two dimensional.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the static image information and/or the whole body image information is three dimensional.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object is caused by the at least one detector moving over the at least one imaged object.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object is caused by the at least one detector obtaining image information from multiple angles of the at least one imaged object.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object is caused by the at least one detector obtaining image information from the at least one imaged object at different times.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

using the adjusted count rate information to determine dosage to administer.

10. A system for adjusting count rate information, comprising:

at least one application executed by at least one processor, the at least one application configured for:

acquiring, using at least one detector, static image information from at least one imaged object;

acquiring, using the at least one detector, whole body image information from the at least one imaged object such that the whole body image information is distinct from the static image information, wherein the whole body image information is sweep information;

determining the count rate information using the static image information and the whole body image information; and

adjusting the count rate information using count saturation information and by accounting for movement of the at least one detector with respect to the at least one imaged object.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one detector is at least one gamma camera.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one imaged object is: at least one phantom and/or at least one patient.

13. The system or claim 10 , wherein the static image information and/or the whole body information is two dimensional.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the static image information and/or the whole body image information is three dimensional.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object is caused by the at least one detector moving over the at least one imaged object.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object is caused by the at least one detector obtaining image information from multiple angles of the at least one imaged object.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the movement between the at least one detector and the at least one imaged object is caused by the at least one detector obtaining image information from the at least one imaged object at different times.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one application is further configured for:

using the adjusted count rate information to determine dosage to administer.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Mar 3, 2017
From: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 041886/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2010
From: SGOUROS, GEORGE; HOBBS, ROBERT
To: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 023991/0756 →
Continuity (1)
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