Systems and methods for reducing interference in a dual modality imaging system
First Claim
1. A magnetic resonance (MR)-positron emission tomography (PET) device dual modality system, comprising:
- a dual modality detector system including a PET detector device having a demodulator and counter and a plurality of PET detectors, and an MR detector device having a magnetic resonance (MR) receiver;
conductors that are electrically connected to the plurality of PET detectors;
MR coils positioned with respect to the conductors of the plurality of PET detectors such that said MR coils are subject to interference by spectral radiation from said conductors;
a microprocessor and associated software which transmits modulated timing and frame synchronization signals to the PET detectors through said conductors, wherein the frame synchronization signal includes one or more missing framing signals, thereby reducing a spectral radiation of the conductors that causes interference to the MR receiver of the MR detector device, wherein the demodulator and counter detects the transmitted timing and frame synchronization signals at the PET detectors, and recovers the one or more missing framing signals.
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR)-positron emission tomography (PET) device dual modality system includes a dual modality detector system, conductors, and a PET processing device. The dual modality detector system includes a plurality of PET detector device having a framing recovery device and PET detectors, and an MR detector device having a magnetic resonance (MR) receiver. The conductors are electrically connected to the PET detectors. The PET processing device transmits modulated timing and frame synchronization signals to the PET detectors via the conductors and the framing recovery device. The frame synchronization signal is missing one or more framing signals, thereby reducing a spectral radiation of the conductors that causes interference to the MR receiver of the MR detector device. The framing recovery device detects the timing and frame synchronization signals and recovers the one or more missing framing signals.
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20 Claims
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1. A magnetic resonance (MR)-positron emission tomography (PET) device dual modality system, comprising:
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a dual modality detector system including a PET detector device having a demodulator and counter and a plurality of PET detectors, and an MR detector device having a magnetic resonance (MR) receiver; conductors that are electrically connected to the plurality of PET detectors; MR coils positioned with respect to the conductors of the plurality of PET detectors such that said MR coils are subject to interference by spectral radiation from said conductors; a microprocessor and associated software which transmits modulated timing and frame synchronization signals to the PET detectors through said conductors, wherein the frame synchronization signal includes one or more missing framing signals, thereby reducing a spectral radiation of the conductors that causes interference to the MR receiver of the MR detector device, wherein the demodulator and counter detects the transmitted timing and frame synchronization signals at the PET detectors, and recovers the one or more missing framing signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for reducing interference in a magnetic resonance (MR)-positron emission tomography (PET) device dual modality system, wherein the MR-PET device dual modality system includes a dual modality detector system that includes a PET detector device having a framing recovery device and a plurality of PET detectors, and an MR detector device having a magnetic resonance (MR) receiver, wherein the PET detectors are connected to a PET processing device via conductors, the method comprising:
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transmitting modulated timing and frame synchronization signals by the PET processing device to the PET detectors, wherein the frame synchronization signal includes one or more missing framing signals, thereby reducing a spectral radiation of the conductors that causes interference to the MR receiver of the MR detector device; detecting the transmitted timing and frame synchronization signals by the framing recovery device at the PET detectors; and recovering the one or more missing framing signals by the framing recovery device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A magnetic resonance (MR)-positron emission tomography (PET) device dual modality system, comprising:
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a dual modality detector system including a PET detector device having a demodulator and counter and a plurality of PET detectors, and an MR detector device having a magnetic resonance (MR) receiver and an MR coil, wherein the MR coil and the MR receiver are located in the proximity of the PET detectors, respectively; conductors that are electrically connected to the PET detectors; and a microprocessor and associated software which transmits modulated timing and frame synchronization signals to the PET detectors through said conductors, wherein the frame synchronization signal includes one or more missing framing signals, thereby reducing a spectral radiation of the conductors that causes interference to the MR receiver of the MR detector device, wherein the demodulator and counter detects the transmitted timing and frame synchronization signals at the PET detectors, and recovers the one or more missing framing signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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