A positron emission tomography (PET) apparatus according to an embodiment includes a PET detector and processing circuitry. The PET detector includes a detector ring configured with a plurality of detector modules arranged in an annular shape. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information regarding a scan mode of a PET scan for a subject. The processing circuitry is configured to control a relative position of the detector modules in an axial direction of the detector ring based on the information.

A method includes receiving, from a volumetric imager, a first image including a target of a patient. The method further includes receiving a second image including the target of the patient. The method further includes tracking, by a processing device, a position of the target using the first image and the second image by maintaining a fixed alignment between a treatment beam of a linear accelerator (LINAC) and a source and detector pair of the volumetric imager during operation of the LINAC.

A method for processing angiography image data by using an imaging catheter path that is directly detected from the angiography data as a co-registration path or using detected marker locations from the angiography data to generate a co-registration path. If the acquired angiography data includes synchronized cardiac phase signals and a predetermined quantity of angiography image frames not including contrast media, then a directly detected imaging catheter path is used as the co-registration path. Otherwise the co-registration path is determined based upon detected marker locations from the angiography image data.

An x-ray imaging apparatus and associated methods are provided to receive measured projection data in a primary region and measured scatter data in asymmetrical shadow regions and determine an estimated scatter in the primary region based on the measured scatter data in the shadow region(s). The asymmetric shadow regions can be controlled by adjusting the position of the beam aperture center on the readout area of the detector. Penumbra data may also be used to estimate scatter in the primary region.

The radiographic image detection device performs: a radiographic image generation process of reading a pixel signal from a pixel region in a state in which radiation is emitted to generate a radiographic image; a first correction image acquisition process of reading the pixel signal from the pixel region a plurality of times to acquire a plurality of first correction images in a shorter accumulation time than the radiographic image or using binning reading in a state in which the radiation is not emitted immediately before radiography including the radiographic image generation process; a selection process of selecting, as an averaging target, at least two or more of the plurality of first correction images according to a time elapsed since immediately preceding radiography or an amount of variation in a residual image based on the first correction image; and a correction process of correcting the radiographic image on the basis of an average image obtained by averaging the first correction images selected as the averaging target.

Disclosed are methods of radioisotope infusion comprising infusing saline comprising a diagnostic dose of a radioisotope, and delivering a pre-measured volume of push saline. The disclosed methods confer improved image quality with low background noise, higher signal to noise ratio (SNR) and higher contrast to noise ratio (CNR), leading to better diagnosis and thus eliminating the need of repeating the infusion and imaging which in turn reduces exposure of a patient to radiation.

The present invention relates to an X-ray imaging system (10), comprising: an X-ray image acquisition unit (20); and a processing unit (30). The processing unit is configured to instruct the X-ray image acquisition unit to carry out a sequence of scans of a body part of a patient. The X-ray image acquisition unit is configured to provide the processing unit with an X-ray image of the body part for a scan of the sequence of scans. The processing unit is configured to determine that the scan needs to be repeated, wherein the determination comprises analysis of the X-ray image of the body part. The processing unit is configured to determine that an action other than acquisition of the next scan in the scan sequence is required, wherein the determination comprises analysis of the X-ray image of the body part. The processing unit is configured to determine that the X-ray imaging unit is required to carry out the next scan in the scan sequence based on a determination that the scan does not need to be repeated and that an action other than acquisition of the next scan in the scan sequence is not required.

The present invention relates to contrast-enhanced radiographic imaging, the quantification of contrast agent in tissue and the assessment of the radiographic image quality. The invention provides a radiographic system-agnostic method to assess tissue administered with a radio-opaque contrast agent. The method is a system-agnostic means to accurately quantify contrast agent content in normal tissue and in cancerous tissue from contrast-enhanced radiographic images, and to assess and verify image quality and the efficacy of a clinical assessment from these images.

Various systems and computer-implemented methods for background radiation based attenuation correction are disclosed. A first set of nuclear scan data including first scan data associated with a first imaging modality having a long-axial field of view and first background radiation data is received and a first background radiation attenuation map is generated by applying a trained machine-learning model to the first background radiation data. A first set of attenuation corrected scan data is generated by performing attenuation correction of the first scan data based only on the first background radiation attenuation map and a first image is reconstructed from the first set of attenuation corrected scan data. The disclosed background radiation based attenuation correction may be used for longer duration scans, repeat scans, and/or low-dose clinical applications, such as pediatric applications, theranostics, and/or other suitable applications.

Systems and methods for tracking head motion during medical imaging. In accordance to one aspect, a head holder for a medical scanner is provided. The head holder includes at least one movable component that moves with patient's head while the head is placed on the movable component during brain imaging. The head holder further includes one or more inertial measurement units (IMUs) attached to the movable component that measure motion data, wherein any change in orientation of the movable component indicated by the motion data represents movement of the head. The one or more IMUs may communicate with a computer system during brain imaging in substantially real time to record motion parameters.