Patent ID: 11883214
Assignee: ZITEO, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. An imaging system comprising:
at least one gamma camera panel connected to a moveable arm, wherein the gamma camera panel comprises gamma camera sensors with position and energy sensing resolution;
an ultrasound transducer positionable in such a way as to have a field of view that at least partially overlaps with a gamma camera field of view;
a tracking system able to provide tracking information about a relative position of the ultrasound transducer with respect to the gamma camera panel; and
at least one processor and a memory operatively coupled with the gamma camera sensors, ultrasound transducer, and tracking system, the memory having instructions for execution by the at least one processor that cause the at least one processor to:
read a first gamma-ray photon sensing event received from the gamma camera sensors;
read a second gamma-ray photon sensing event received from the gamma camera sensors;
reconstruct a 3D distribution of gamma-ray emitting radioisotopes inside a patient by using first and second sensing events;
determine a co-registration between the ultrasound transducer and the gamma camera sensors using the tracking information;
determine a co-registration between the 3D distribution of gamma-ray emitting radioisotopes and an ultrasound scan using the co-registration between the ultrasound transducer and the gamma camera sensors; and
deliver to a visualization device an image that comprises an augmentation of the 3D distribution of gamma-ray emitting radioisotopes onto the ultrasound scan by using the co-registration between the 3D distribution of gamma-ray emitting radioisotopes and the ultrasound scan.