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Patent US7652259 - Apparatus and methods for imaging and attenuation correction - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsImaging apparatus, is provided, comprising a first device, for obtaining a first image, by a first modality, selected from the group consisting of SPECT, PET, CT, an extracorporeal gamma scan, an extracorporeal beta scan, x-rays, an intracorporeal gamma scan, an intracorporeal beta scan, an intravascular...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7652259?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7652259 - Apparatus and methods for imaging and attenuation correctionPublication numberUS7652259 B2Publication typeGrantApplication number10/533,568Publication date26 Jan 2010Filing date4 Nov 2003Priority date21 Aug 2000Also published asEP1573495A1EP1573495A4EP1573495B1US20060237652WO2004042546A1InventorsRoni AmramiYoav KimchyYoel ZilbersteinOriginal AssigneeSpectrum Dynamics LlcMedinvest Capital S.A R.L.Spectrum Dynamics (Israel) Ltd.V-Target Technologies Ltd.U.S. Classification250/370.8600/442600/407600/427600/424International ClassificationA61B5/05G06T5/50G06T7/00A61B5/055A61B19/00A61B6/00A61B1/05A61B8/00A61N7/02A61B1/31G01T1/24A61B5/06Cooperative ClassificationA61B6/5247A61B6/482G06T2207/30004G06T5/001A61B1/05A61N7/02G06T2207/10132G06T2207/10088A61B8/5238A61B19/56G01R33/481A61B8/00A61B1/31A61B2019/5251A61B5/06A61B8/4472A61B6/037A61B2019/5272A61B2019/5276G06T5/50A61B19/5244G06T2207/10081G06T7/0012A61B2019/5291A61B2019/5289European ClassificationA61B 6/48DA61B 6/03DA61B 8/52D6A61B 19/52H12A61B 6/52D6DG01R 33/48M1G06T 5/00DG06T 7/00B2A61B 5/06G06T 5/50A61B 1/05ReferencesPatent Citations (109)Non-Patent Citations (128)Referenced by (4)External LinksUSPTOUSPTO AssignmentEspacenetApparatus and methods for imaging and attenuation correctionUS 7652259 B2Abstract Imaging apparatus, is provided, comprising a first device, for obtaining a first image, by a first modality, selected from the group consisting of SPECT, PET, CT, an extracorporeal gamma scan, an extracorporeal beta scan, x-rays, an intracorporeal gamma scan, an intracorporeal beta scan, an intravascular gamma scan, an intravascular beta scan, and a combination thereof, and a second device, for obtaining a second, structural image, by a second modality, selected from the group consisting of a three-dimensional ultrasound, an MRI operative by an internal magnetic field, an extracorporeal ultrasound, an extracorporeal MRI operative by an external magnetic field, an intracorporeal ultrasound, an intracorporeal MRI operative by an external magnetic field, an intravascular ultrasound, and a combination thereof, and wherein the apparatus further includes a computerized system, configured to construct an attenuation map, for the first image, based on the second, structural image. Additionally, the computerized system is configured to display an attenuation-corrected first image as well as a superposition of the attenuation-corrected first image and the second, structural image. Furthermore, the apparatus is operative to guide an in-vivo instrument based on the superposition.
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