Patent ID: 7894881
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
1. A method of imaging at least one portion of at least one living organism, the method comprising the steps of: providing at least one radiopharmaceutical to said at least one portion of said at least one living organism, said at least one radiopharmaceutical producing a plurality of particles; positioning at least one detection system proximate to said at least one portion of said at least one living organism, wherein said at least one detection system has a plurality of channels; absorbing at least one portion of said plurality of particles by said plurality of channels; counting said at least one portion of said plurality of particles absorbed by said plurality of channels; producing at least one count of particles for at least one energy window around at least one nuclear line for at least one channel of said plurality of channels; processing said at least one count; and displaying at least one image for said at least one energy window of said at least one portion of said at least one organism using said at least one count in real time.