Method and system for pet image reconstruction using a...

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08073109

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for use in positron emission tomography, wherein a first processor element (234) is configured to reconstruct a plurality of positron annihilation events detected during a positron emission tomography scan using a list-based reconstruction technique to generate first volumetric data. A second reconstructor (226) is configured to reconstruct the plurality of events using a second reconstruction technique to generate second volumetric data for determining an error correction (228), the error correction applied to the first volumetric data to generate corrected volumetric data for generating a human-readable image (234). In one embodiment a multiplicative error correction is performed on the plurality of events, the first processor element (234) reconstructing the corrected plurality of events; and the second volumetric data error correction comprises an additive error correction.

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