Patent ID: 9031300
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for reconstructing a nuclear medicine image, comprising: acquiring emission scan data using an emission tomography scanner; generating one or more anatomical images using an anatomical imaging system; processing the anatomical images to obtain an initial attenuation image; automatically reconstructing, by a processor, an emission image and a corrected attenuation image from the acquired emission scan data, the corrected attenuation image representing a deformation of the initial attenuation image, wherein automatically reconstructing the emission image and the corrected attenuation image from the acquired emission scan data comprises: calculating a final reconstructed emission image based on at least one of: (i) the automatically reconstructed emission image, and (ii) the corrected attenuation image; and outputting the final reconstructed emission image by performing at least one of: (i) storing the final reconstructed emission image in a data storage system, or (ii) displaying the final reconstructed emission image on a display system.