Patent ID: 8437831
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a hybrid medical imaging unit including a first imaging device of a relatively high spatial resolution and a second nuclear medicine imaging device of a relatively high sensitivity, each imaging device for respectively acquiring imaging measurement signals from a common examination volume, the method comprising: determining a duration of acquiring the measurement signal of one of the first imaging device and the second nuclear medicine imaging device as a function of a duration of the measurement signal acquisition of the other of the first imaging device and the second nuclear medicine imaging device, the measurement signal acquisition of said other of the first imaging device and the second nuclear medicine imaging device being defined by an occurrence of a truncation criterion, wherein the truncation criterion is an end of at least one of a first measuring time period and a second measuring time period, the first measuring period being defined by a measurement protocol and the second measuring period being a period of acquiring the measurement signal; and acquiring the respective imaging measurement signals based on the determining.