Patents by Inventor Joaquikn L. Herraiz

Joaquikn L. Herraiz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method to improve image quality of emission tomography when using advanced radionuclides
    Patent number: 10215864
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring a series of medical images includes a plurality of detectors configured to be arranged to acquire gamma rays emitted from a subject as a result of an advanced radionuclide administered to the subject and communicate signals corresponding to acquired gamma rays. A data processing system is configured to receive the signals from the plurality of detectors, determine double coincidence event dataset and a multiple coincidence event dataset, separate the multiple coincidence event dataset into at least one of a standard lines of response dataset and a nonstandard lines of response dataset, and apply a background correction to the double coincidence event dataset based on the non-standard lines of response dataset and/or the standard lines of response dataset to obtain a standard coincidence dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joaquikn L. Herraiz, Eduardo M. Lage, Vicente J. Parot, Shivang R. Dave
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE IMAGE QUALITY OF EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY WHEN USING ADVANCED RADIONUCLIDES
    Publication number: 20160370474
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring a series of medical images includes a plurality of detectors configured to be arranged to acquire gamma rays emitted from a subject as a result of an advanced radionuclide administered to the subject and communicate signals corresponding to acquired gamma rays. A data processing system is configured to receive the signals from the plurality of detectors, determine double coincidence event dataset and a multiple coincidence event dataset, separate the multiple coincidence event dataset into at least one of a standard lines of response dataset and a nonstandard lines of response dataset, and apply a background correction to the double coincidence event dataset based on the non-standard lines of response dataset and/or the standard lines of response dataset to obtain a standard coincidence dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Joaquikn L. Herraiz, Eduardo M. Lage, Vicente J. Parot, Shivang R. Dave