Patent №
US 8,768,432
Granted
2014-07-01
Filed 2010
Owner
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12822289
An apparatus is disclosed for combined magnetic resonance tomography and positron emission tomography imaging which is designed for recording PET image data of a person under examination from an examination area. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a scanning unit, embodied to scan a prespecified area of the person under examination and based on the scanning, to determine a contour of the person under examination for the prespecified area; and a processing unit, embodied, based on the contour determined, to carry out an absorption correction of PET data which has been recorded from the prespecified area of the person under examination. A method is also disclosed.
AI classification
Ownership
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
assignment · 245950449
Assignors
LADEBECK, RALF
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