System and method for multi-modality time-of-flight attenuation correction

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PATENT NO 9928617
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14440981

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A system and method for determining, from registered positron emission tomography (PET) sinogram data and magnetic resonance (MR) image data, an estimated attenuation sinogram uses a data consistency condition to evaluate a gradient of the PET sinogram data using the MR image data. An image of the subject is reconstructed using the estimate attenuation sinogram.

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THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION55 FRUIT STREET BOSTON MA 02114

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El, Fakhri Georges Brookline, US 19 221
Li, Quanzheng Cambridge, US 14 70

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