Method and system for calibrating a positron emission tomography system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Williams, Alexander Ganin, Charles Stearns, Yiping Shao, Floribertus Philippus Martinus Jansen, Ravindra Manjeshwar
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Abstract
Methods and systems for calibrating a positron emission tomography (PET) system are provided. The method includes determining at least one non-acquisition time period for the PET system. The method further includes automatically acquiring calibration data during the at least one non-acquisition time period.
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A method for calibrating a positron emission tomography (PET) system, said method comprising:
- determining at least one non-acquisition time period for the PET system;
- and
- automatically acquiring calibration data during the at least one non-acquisition time period.
A method for automatic calibration of a positron emission tomography (PET) system, said method comprising:
- determining idle periods between image acquisition periods for the PET system;
- and
- automatically acquiring calibration data during the idle periods.
A positron emission tomography (PET) system comprising:
- a PET scanner;
- and
- a controller for controlling the PET scanner, the controller configured to determine non-acquisition time periods for the PET scanner and to control the PET scanner to automatically acquire calibration data during the non-acquisition time periods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.