Patent ID: 9730664
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01R

Claim:
1. A method of processing data for medical imaging, the method comprising: providing a first set of first modality data including a first mu-map, a first plurality of gated data, and a first plurality of motion vectors, wherein the first set of first modality data is generated by a first imaging modality of an imaging system; providing a first set of second modality data including a first plurality of frames, wherein each of the first plurality of frames corresponds to one of the first plurality of attenuation correction maps, and wherein the first set of second modality data is generated by a second imaging modality of an imaging system; warping the first plurality of frames by one or more motion vectors from the first plurality of motion vectors; combining the first plurality of warped frames into a first single-bed image providing a second set of first modality data including a second mu-map, a second plurality of motion vectors and a second plurality of gated data; providing a second set of second modality data including a second plurality of frames, wherein each of the second plurality of frames corresponds to one or more of the second plurality of motion vectors; warping the second plurality of frames by one or more motion vectors from the plurality of motion vectors; combining the second plurality of warped frames into a single-bed image; and combining the first single-bed image and the second single-bed image into a whole body image.