Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Rust

Thomas C. Rust 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).

  • Rapid multi-tracer PET imaging systems and methods
    Patent number: 7848557
    Abstract: Methods are provided for recovering component signals or estimates of component signals from combined signals of multiple tracers in the context of imaging multiple PET tracers, a single tracer injected repeatedly, or a combination of tracers using multiple-timepoint or dynamic scanning, where the tracer administrations are simultaneous or staggered in time such that some or all of the PET timeframes, images, data, and/or datasets contain overlapping signals from more than one of the tracer administrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Dan J. Kadrmas, Edward V. R. DiBella, Noel F. Black, Thomas C. Rust
  • RAPID MULTI-TRACER PET IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080230703
    Abstract: Methods are provided for recovering component signals or estimates of component signals from combined signals of multiple tracers in the context of imaging multiple PET tracers, a single tracer injected repeatedly, or a combination of tracers using multiple-timepoint or dynamic scanning, where the tracer administrations are simultaneous or staggered in time such that some or all of the PET timeframes, images, data, and/or datasets contain overlapping signals from more than one of the tracer administrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Dan J. Kadrmas, Edward V.R. DiBella, Noel F. Black, Thomas C. Rust