| US 7,485,866 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for increasing spatial resolution of a pet scanner | ||
| Yuan-Chuan Tai, St. Louis, Mo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/230,164. | ||
| Application 11/230164 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/439697, filed on May 16, 2003, granted, now 6,946,658. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/394135, filed on Jul. 05, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0027755 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/166 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—363.03 [250/363.04] | 25 Claims |
| 1. A method of increasing resolution of an image of a region of interest of an object provided by a positron emission tomography
scanner comprising opposing first and second detector arrays spaced by a distance, said method comprising the steps of:
centering the object at a point between the first and second detector arrays closer to said first detector array than to said
second detector array;
centering the region of interest of the object at a point between the first and second detector arrays at least about ten
percent closer to said first detector array than to said second detector array; and
scanning the object with the scanner.
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