Method and System for Hybrid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging

A system, comprising:

• a processor in communication with a hybrid positron emission tomography (PET) scanner comprising a hybrid detector;
• and
• a memory having programming instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor, performs one or more operations comprising:
• receiving, by a imaging system from the hybrid PET scanner, a first set of image data of an object corresponding to high-resolution, low-sensitivity image data;
• receiving, by the imaging system from the hybrid PET scanner, a second set of image data of the object corresponding to low-resolution, high-sensitivity image data;
• converting, by the imaging system, the second set of image data from low-resolution, high-sensitivity image data to high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data;
• combining, by the imaging system, the high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data with the high-resolution, low-sensitivity image data;
• and
• generating, by the imaging system, an image of an object based on either the combined high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data and the high-resolution, low-sensitivity image data, or the high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data only.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform an operation, comprising:

• receiving, by a imaging system from a hybrid positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a first set of image data of an object corresponding to high-resolution, low-sensitivity image data;
• receiving, by the imaging system from the hybrid PET scanner, a second set of image data of the object corresponding to low-resolution, high-sensitivity image data;
• converting, by the imaging system, the second set of image data from low-resolution, high-sensitivity image data to high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data;
• combining, by the imaging system, the high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data with the high-resolution, low-sensitivity image data;
• and
• generating, by the imaging system, an image of an object based on the combined high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data and the high-resolution, low-sensitivity image data, or based on the converted high-resolution, high-sensitivity image data only.