RADIOACTIVE-EMISSION-MEASUREMENT OPTIMIZATION TO SPECIFIC BODY STRUCTURES
First Claim
1. A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and with respect to the information gained about the body structure, the method comprising:
- modeling the body-structure, based on its geometry;
modeling anatomical constraints which limit accessibility to the body structure;
obtaining a collection of views of the modeled body-structure, within the modeled anatomical constraints;
providing a scoring function, by which any set of at least one view, from the collection of views, is scorable with a score that rates the information obtained from the modeled body structure, by the set;
forming sets of views from the collection of views and scoring them, with the scoring function; and
selecting one of the sets of views, from the collection of views, based on its score, as the predefined set of views.
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Abstract
A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and optimized with respect to the information gained about the body structure and based on modeling body-structure, based on its geometry and anatomical constraints, which limit accessibility to the body structure.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and with respect to the information gained about the body structure, the method comprising:
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modeling the body-structure, based on its geometry; modeling anatomical constraints which limit accessibility to the body structure; obtaining a collection of views of the modeled body-structure, within the modeled anatomical constraints; providing a scoring function, by which any set of at least one view, from the collection of views, is scorable with a score that rates the information obtained from the modeled body structure, by the set; forming sets of views from the collection of views and scoring them, with the scoring function; and selecting one of the sets of views, from the collection of views, based on its score, as the predefined set of views. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A radioactive-emission-measuring-probe system, for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views for imaging of a body structure, after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the radioactive-emission-measuring-probe system comprising:
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a housing, contoured so as to follow anatomical constraints of the body, for optimized tomographic imaging of the body structure; at least one detector assembly system for obtaining a collection of views of a body-structure, within modeled anatomical constraints which limit accessibility to the body structure; and a controller, configured for controlling any motion associated with the detector assembly system, the controller configured for; providing a scoring function, by which any set of at least one view, from the collection of views, is scorable with a score that rates the information obtained from the modeled body structure, by the set; forming sets of views from the collection of views and scoring them, with the scoring function; and selecting one of the sets of views, from the collection of views, based on its score, as the predefined set of views and controlling motion of the detector assembly system in accordance with said views. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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