Method and apparatus for imaging using multiple imaging detectors
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Israel, Ltd.
InventorsEyal Shai, Yaron Hefetz, Ira Micah Blevis
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Abstract
An imaging system comprises a plurality of imaging detectors for acquiring imaging data. The plurality of imaging detectors is configurable to be arranged proximate to an anatomy of interest within a patient. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV) and at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors image the anatomy of interest within the respective FOV. A processor receives the imaging data and processes the imaging data to form a multi-dimensional dataset having at least three dimensions.
Claims3
An imaging system, comprising:
- a plurality of imaging detectors for acquiring imaging data, the plurality of imaging detectors being configurable to be arranged proximate to an anatomy of interest within a patient, each of the plurality of imaging detectors having a field of view (FOV), at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors imaging the anatomy of interest within the respective FOV;
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- a processor receiving the imaging data and processing the imaging data to form a multi-dimensional dataset having at least three dimensions.
A method for acquiring imaging data with a plurality of small-size imaging detectors, comprising:
- configuring at least a portion of a plurality of small-size imaging detectors to be proximate to a structure of interest within a patient, each of the plurality of small-size imaging detectors having a field of view (FOV);
- aiming the FOV of the at least a portion of the plurality of small-size imaging detectors to image at least a portion of the structure of interest;
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- acquiring imaging data with the at least a portion of the plurality of small-size imaging detectors.
A method for acquiring imaging data with a plurality of imaging detectors, comprising:
- configuring at least a portion of a plurality of imaging detectors to be proximate to a structure of interest within a patient, each of the at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors having a pinhole collimator positioned proximate thereto and having a field of view (FOV);
- aiming the FOV of the at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors to image at least a portion of the structure of interest;
- acquiring imaging data with the at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors while the at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors remain stationary with respect to the patient;
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- processing the imaging data from the at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors to form at least one multi-dimensional dataset having at least three dimensions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.