Patent ID: 8909325
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: A61B,A61P,G01T

Abstract:
1. A system for calculating a position of a radioactivity emitting source distributed in a system-of-coordinates, the system comprising: (a) a first radioactive emission detector configured for detecting a radioactively emitting source; (b) a surface contour circuit configured for obtaining a contour of a surface associated with said radioactively emitting source, by one or more of (i) receiving raw data from said detector, and generating a surface contour from said raw data; (ii) receiving a surface contour from a 3D imager; and (iii) receiving data related to said detector representing a three dimensional surface which defines a body curvature followed by said detector; (c) a position tracking system being connected to and/or communicating with said radioactive emission detector; and (d) a data processor being designed and configured for receiving and processing data inputs from said position tracking system, from said surface contour circuit and from said first radioactive emission detector and for calculating the distribution of said radioactivity emitting source in the system-of-coordinates using said inputs from said position tracking system, from said surface contour circuit and from said first radioactive emission detector.