Overdetermined positron emission tomography

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10078144
APP PUB NO 20160195624A1
SERIAL NO

14990170

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The present disclosure relates to increasing the spatial resolution of a clinical positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. The spatial resolution of the clinical PET scanner can be increased by placing a collimator, including a plurality of pinholes, inside the clinical PET scanner. Coincidence data of the annihilation photons are acquired by the PET scanner. A computer associates a pinhole location with the two detected locations of the coincident photons. All three locations are then used in the reconstruction of a high-resolution PET image.

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  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

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DiFilippo, Frank P Strongsville, US 19 428

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