AUTOMATIC ON-THE-FLY POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) SCAN PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION

摘要

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions readable and executable by a workstation (18) including at least one electronic processor (20) to perform an acquisition and reconstruction method (30, 32). The method includes: acquiring emission imaging data using an emission image acquisition device (12) wherein the acquiring is scheduled to be performed over an acquisition time; during the acquiring, measuring a count or count rate of the acquired emission imaging data; during the acquiring, adjusting the acquisition time based on the measured count or count rate to generate an adjusted acquisition time; stopping the acquiring at the adjusted acquisition time; and reconstructing the emission imaging data acquired over the adjusted acquisition time to generate one or more reconstructed images.