Patent ID: 7700921
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to operate a single photon emission scanning device, that has at least one single photon emission camera; and a scanning part, that moves at least one of said camera relative to a body being scanned or said body relative to said camera; said computer program product operative to: receive information from the scan; control said scanning part to scan information from the body being scanned over a plurality of separate scans, each of said separate scans receiving only a portion of the total number of total counts that are desired, said control comprising a control to scan first over an area of a scout scan, and then processes said scout scan to determine regions of interest, and then controls said scanning part to scan said regions of interest determined during said processes of said scout scan preferentially to other regions; receive information from each said scan; motion compensate a first scan to compensate for patient motion during said first scan, and separately motion compensating a second scan to compensate for patient motion during said second scan.