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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2963', 'Application No. 03810570', 'Application No. 03810570', 'Application No. 02716285', 'Application No. 06756259', 'Application No. 06809851', 'Application No. 03810570', 'Application No. 02716285']

Radioimaging - Patent # 8445851 - PatentGenius
8445851 Radioimaging
U.S. Class: 250/363.04; 250/363.02; 250/363.03; 250/370.11; 378/4; 378/7; 378/8
Field Of Search: 250/363.01; 250/363.04; 378/4; 378/7; 378/8
Foreign Patent Documents: 1516429; 19814199; 19815362; 0543626; 0697193; 0887661; 2031142; 06-109848; 6-109848; WO 92/00402; WO 98/16852; WO 99/03003; WO 99/30610; WO 99/39650; WO 00/10034; WO 00/18294; WO 00/22975; WO 00/31522; WO 01/89384; WO 02/16965; WO 02/058531; WO 2004/004787; WO 2004/042546; WO 2004/113951; WO 2005/002971; WO 2005/059840; WO 2005/067383; WO 2005/104939; WO 2005/118659; WO 2005/119025; WO 2006/042077; WO 2006/051531; WO 2006/054296; WO 2006/075333; WO 2006/129301; WO 2007/010534; WO 2007/010537; WO 2007/054935; WO 2007/074467; WO 2008/010227; WO 2008/075362
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1. A method of radioimaging, comprising: (a) collecting radioimaging data from a patient using a plurality of detection, amplification and signal processing paths configuredto avoid saturation due to radiating portions of the patient's body structure; and (b) reconstructing a radiation emission image using data generated by said plurality of paths, wherein collecting comprises (c) identifying preferred sets of views forradioactive-emission measurements of a region of interest within the body, comprising: (i) providing a model of the region of interest; (ii) identifying a preferred set of views for the model which reduce saturation effects.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said identifying comprises identifying using at least one information theoretic measure.
3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said collecting and said reconstructing comprise imaging a region of interest in a body using said set of views.
4. A method according to claim 3, comprising zooming in on said region of interest in said imaging.
5. A method of radioimaging, comprising: (a) collecting radioimaging data from a patient using a plurality of detection, amplification and signal processing paths configured to avoid saturation due to radiating portions of the patient's bodystructure; and (b) reconstructing a radiation emission image using data generated by said plurality of paths, wherein said collecting comprises using a prescan, comprising: (i) performing a prescan of a subject undergoing diagnosis; (ii) identifying aregion-of-interest and potential saturation from said prescan; and (iii) collecting radiation data from the region-of-interest, taking into account said potential saturation.
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said prescan is performed using an imaging modality other than ionizing radiation.
7. A method according to claim 5 , comprising: (a) acquiring a first "round" of radioactive-emission measurements; (b) updating a preferred set of views for a next "round" of radioactive-emission measurements; and (c) performing said nextround based on said updating, within less than 5 minutes.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein said updating comprises updating according to a determination of detector utilization.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said utilization comprises saturation.
10. A method according to claim 8, wherein said utilization comprises low counts.
11. A method according to claim 7, wherein said updating comprises analyzing based on a reconstruction of the body structure, and choosing a preferred set of views for one or more of, better defining edges, and other image quality measures.
12. A method according to claim 7, wherein said updating comprises analyzing based on a reconstruction of the body structure, and choosing a preferred set of views for ensuring a total count per voxel that meets a desired signal to nose ratio.
13. A method according to claim 7, wherein said updating comprises analyzing based on a reconstruction of the body structure, and choosing a preferred set of views for ensuring a total count that meets a desired signal to nose ratio.
14. A method according to claim 5, comprising estimating Compton scatter using an iterative Expectation Maximization (EM) method which converges to a local maximum of a likelihood.
15. A method according to claim 5, wherein said collecting uses a configuration which avoids saturation by said processing paths being separate so that saturation of one path does not saturate another path.
16. A radioactive emission camera configured for medical imaging of a body or body portion comprising a plurality of detection, amplification and signal processing paths configured to avoid saturation due to radiating portions of the patient'sbody structure and configured for (a) collecting radioimaging data from a patient using said plurality of detection, amplification and signal processing paths configured to avoid saturation due to radiating portions of the patient's body structure; and(b) reconstructing a radiation emission image using data generated by said plurality of paths, wherein said collecting comprises performing a prescan and identifying therefrom at least one of (i) a preferred set of views which reduce saturation effectsand (ii) a region of interest and potential saturation.
17. A camera according to claim 16, wherein said paths channel at least 256 pixels in parallel to an image reconstructing system.
18. A camera according to claim 16, wherein said configuring to avoid saturation is provided by said processing paths being separate so that saturation of one path does not saturate another path.
19. A camera according to claim 18, wherein said paths include at least 128 pixel paths for a single detector.
20. A camera according to claim 16, configured to identify detector saturation.
21. A camera according to claim 20, configured to select a new view to avoid saturation.
22. A camera according to claim 20, configured to select a new view to reinforce a saturated view.
23. A camera according to claim 16, configured to select or calculate a protocol to be used in administering and imaging of a radiopharmaceutical, based on a determination of saturation of a detector.
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