US 12,070,340 B2
Method and apparatus for imaging using multiple imaging detectors
Eyal Shai, Tirat Carmel (IL); Yaron Hefetz, Tirat Carmel (IL); and Ira Micah Blevis, Tirat Carmel (IL)
Assigned to GE Medical Systems Israel, Ltd., Tirat Carmel (IL)
Filed by GE Medical Systems Israel, Ltd., Tirat Carmel (IL)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,458.
Application 17/540,458 is a continuation of application No. 14/728,734, filed on Jun. 2, 2015, granted, now 11,219,420.
Application 14/728,734 is a continuation of application No. 11/501,100, filed on Aug. 8, 2006, granted, now 9,072,441, issued on Jul. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087623 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G01T 1/161 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/037 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/501 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); G01T 1/161 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system comprising:
at least six nuclear medicine imaging detectors for acquiring imaging data, the imaging detectors individually positionable and configurable to be arranged proximate to an anatomy of interest within a patient, wherein the anatomy of interest is a heart, the imaging detectors having at least one of a length or a width of 20 centimeters or less; and
at least one processor configured to receive the imaging data and process the imaging data to form a multi-dimensional dataset having at least three dimensions, the at least one processor configured to:
individually position at least one of the imaging detectors about the anatomy of interest, and
acquire the imaging data, divide the imaging data into time based and cardiac gated sub-groups, reconstruct a corresponding three-dimensional image for each sub-group separately, co-register the images, and add the images together to form a final image, wherein each time based sub-group includes a set of views from each of the imaging detectors from around the heart.