SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING COLORED PERSISTENCE IMAGES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING
First Claim
1. A method for providing nuclear medicine (NM) persistence images, the method comprising:
- acquiring a nuclear emission image of a patient injected with a radiopharmaceutical in a persistence data acquisition mode;
determining an assigned display color corresponding to NM persistence image information including detected nuclear activity from the radiopharmaceutical for each of a plurality of event count values;
color mapping the acquired NM persistence image information using the assigned display colors;
generating with a processor a color NM persistence image based on the color mapping; and
displaying the generated color NM persistence image.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for generating persistence images in nuclear medicine (NM) imaging are provided. One method includes acquiring a nuclear emission image of a patient injected with a radiopharmaceutical in a persistence data acquisition mode. The method further includes determining an assigned display color corresponding to NM persistence image information including detected nuclear activity from the radiopharmaceutical for each of a plurality of event count values. The method also includes color mapping the acquired NM persistence image information using the assigned display colors and generating with a processor a color NM persistence image based on the color mapping. The method additionally includes displaying the generated color NM persistence image.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing nuclear medicine (NM) persistence images, the method comprising:
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acquiring a nuclear emission image of a patient injected with a radiopharmaceutical in a persistence data acquisition mode; determining an assigned display color corresponding to NM persistence image information including detected nuclear activity from the radiopharmaceutical for each of a plurality of event count values; color mapping the acquired NM persistence image information using the assigned display colors; generating with a processor a color NM persistence image based on the color mapping; and displaying the generated color NM persistence image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A user interface for nuclear medicine (NM) persistence phase imaging, the user interface comprising:
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a settings portion including at least one selectable element that is selectable by a user interface selection device to initiate generation of a color persistence image based on color mapping using NM event counts in a persistence image phase; and an image display portion displaying the color persistence image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A nuclear medicine (NM) imaging system comprising:
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at least one imaging detector configured to acquire image information in a persistence imaging phase, the acquired image information including event count information; a color mapping module configured to map display colors based on the event count information; and a color persistence image generating module configured to generate color persistence images based on the mapping of the display colors. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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