Method and system for performing local tomography
AssigneeMulti-Magnetics Incorporated
InventorsRobert Z. Stodilka, Frank S. Prato
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Abstract
A system and method for performing local tomography is provided. The system comprises an anatomical imaging subsystem for imaging a patient and generating anatomical image data. A computing device generates an anatomical image from the anatomical image data and identifies a region-of-interest within the anatomical image. A molecular imaging subsystem captures molecular image data from only a portion of the patient including the region-of-interest. The computing device generates a molecular tomographic image of the region-of-interest from the molecular image data and the anatomical image.
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A system for performing local tomography, comprising:
- an anatomical imaging subsystem imaging a patient and generating anatomical image data;
- a computing device generating an anatomical image from said anatomical image data, and identifying a region-of-interest within said anatomical image;
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- a molecular imaging subsystem capturing molecular image data from only a portion of said patient including said region-of-interest, wherein said computing device generates a molecular tomographic image of said region-of-interest from said molecular image data and said anatomical image.
A method of performing local tomography, comprising:
- receiving anatomical image data of a patient;
- receiving molecular image data of a region-of-interest of said patient captured using a detector having a field-of-view that is smaller than said patient;
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- generating a local tomographic image of said region-of-interest from said molecular image data using said anatomical image data.
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