Method and terminal device for processing Positron Emission Tomography data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12153175-B2
Application number	US-202217824453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2022
Priority date	Nov 25, 2019
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

A method for processing positron emission tomography data is provided, this method includes: obtaining a first coordinate and a second coordinate respectively corresponding to two ends of a response line to be processed; determining corresponding dimensional coordinates of the response line to be processed in a sinogram based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate; and generating the sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the dimensional coordinates. According to this method, the amount of calculation of system matrix is reduced, the accuracy of position information of the generated response line is improved, and the accuracy of generated sinogram is improved accordingly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for processing positron emission tomography data implemented by a terminal device, comprising:
obtaining a first coordinate and a second coordinate respectively corresponding to two ends of a response line to be processed from a positron emission tomography device, wherein the response line to be processed refers to a response line obtained by detecting electrons using a detector in the positron emission tomography device;
determining corresponding dimensional coordinates of the response line to be processed in a sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate; and
generating the sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the dimensional coordinates, and generating a positron emission tomography image based on the sinogram generated based on the dimensional coordinates;
wherein after said generating the sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the dimensional coordinates, the method further comprises:
performing a weighting processing on the response line generated based on the dimensional coordinates in the sinogram.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said obtaining the first coordinate and the second coordinate respectively corresponding to the two ends of the response line to be processed from the positron emission tomography device comprises:
obtaining and storing crystal coordinates and crystal numbers of a plurality of crystals from the positron emission tomography device;
obtaining a first crystal number and a second crystal number respectively corresponding to the two ends of the response line to be processed sent from the positron emission tomography device; and
determining the first coordinate corresponding to the first crystal number and determining the second coordinate corresponding to the second crystal number based on the crystal coordinates and the crystal numbers of the plurality of crystals, and the first crystal number and the second crystal number respectively corresponding to the two ends of the response line to be processed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining the dimensional coordinates of the response line to be processed in the sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed comprises:
adding a preset random number to the first coordinate and the second coordinate respectively to obtain a first continuous coordinate corresponding to the first coordinate and a second continuous coordinate corresponding to the second coordinate; and
obtaining the dimensional coordinates based on the first continuous coordinate and the second continuous coordinate.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said obtaining the dimensional coordinates based on the first continuous coordinate and the second continuous coordinate comprises:
determining a target response line corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the first continuous coordinate and the second continuous coordinate;
projecting the target response line on a preset plane to obtain a projected response line;
determining a first dimensional coordinate and a second dimensional coordinate corresponding to the target response line based on the first continuous coordinate, the second continuous coordinate and the projected response line;
determining a third dimensional coordinate and a fourth dimensional coordinate corresponding to the target response line; and
generating the dimensional coordinates based on the first dimensional coordinate, the second dimensional coordinate, the third dimensional coordinate, and the fourth dimensional coordinate.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said determining the first dimensional coordinate and the second dimensional coordinate corresponding to the target response line based on the first continuous coordinate, the second continuous coordinate and the projected response line comprises:
determining a vertical distance from the projected response line to a preset original point based on the first continuous coordinate and the second continuous coordinate;
determining an included angle formed between the projected response line and a preset horizontal direction based on the first continuous coordinate and the second continuous coordinate; and
obtaining the first dimensional coordinate and the second dimensional coordinate based on the vertical distance from the projected response line to the preset original point, and the included angle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said performing the weighting processing on the response line generated based on the dimensional coordinates in the sinogram comprises:
determining a weighted value based on the first dimensional coordinate, the second dimensional coordinate, the third dimensional coordinate, and the fourth dimensional coordinate; and
performing, based on the weighted value, the weighting processing on the response line generated based on the dimensional coordinates.

7. A terminal device for processing positron emission tomography data, comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program so as to:
obtain a first coordinate and a second coordinate respectively corresponding to two ends of a response line to be processed from a positron emission tomography device, wherein the response line to be processed refers to a response line obtained by detecting electrons using a detector in the positron emission tomography device;
determine corresponding dimensional coordinates of the response line to be processed in a sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the first coordinate and the second coordinate; and
generate the sinogram corresponding to the response line to be processed based on the dimensional coordinates and generate a positron emission tomography image based on the sinogram which is generated based on the dimensional coordinates;
wherein the processor is further configured to perform, based on the weighted value, a weighting processing on the response line generated based on the dimensional coordinates in the sinogram.

8. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain and store crystal coordinates and crystal numbers of a plurality of crystals from the positron emission tomography device;
obtain a first crystal number and a second crystal number respectively corresponding to the two ends of the response line to be processed sent from the positron emission tomography device; and
determine the first coordinate corresponding to the first crystal number, and determine the second coordinate corresponding to the second crystal number based on the crystal coordinates and the crystal numbers of the plurality of crystals and the first crystal number and the second crystal number respectively corresponding to the two ends of the response line to be processed.

9. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
add a preset random number to the first coordinate and the second coordinate respectively to obtain a first continuous coordinate corresponding to the first coordinate and a second continuous coordinate corresponding to the second coordinate; and
obtain the dimensional coordinates based on the first continuous coordinate and the second continuous coordinate.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a computer program, that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement following steps, comprising:
obtaining a first coordinate and a second coordinate respectively corresponding to tw

Assignees

• Shenzhen Inst Of Adv Tech Cas

Inventors

• Hu Zhanli
• Yang Yongfeng
• Zhang Chunhui
• Kuang Zhonghua
• Wang Xiaohui
• Wu San
• Liang Dong
• Liu Xin
• Zheng Hairong

Classifications

• G06T12/00

  Tomographic reconstruction from projections · CPC title

• A61B6/5205

  involving processing of raw data to produce diagnostic data · CPC title

• A61B6/037

  Emission tomography · CPC title

• A61B6/4258

  for detecting non x-ray radiation, e.g. gamma radiation (A61B6/037 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06T11/00

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title