Inventor
STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM
US28 patents
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GEN ELECTRIC
17 patentsUS7680240B2Mar 16, 2010
Iterative reconstruction of tomographic image data method and system
GEN ELECTRIC64 citations97
US7381959B2Jun 3, 2008
Technique for reconstructing PET scan images
GEN ELECTRIC56 citations97
US7542792B2Jun 2, 2009
Methods for automatic protocol selection
GEN ELECTRIC29 citations92
US7312455B2Dec 25, 2007
Method and system for scatter correction in a positron emission tomography system
GEN ELECTRIC19 citations92
US7301144B2Nov 27, 2007
Method and system for calibrating a positron emission tomography system
GEN ELECTRIC29 citations92
US7129495B2Oct 31, 2006
Method and apparatus for timing calibration in a PET scanner
GEN ELECTRIC43 citations92
US7129496B2Oct 31, 2006
Method and system for scattered coincidence estimation in a time-of-flight positron emission tomography system
GEN ELECTRIC27 citations92
US7057178B1Jun 6, 2006
Method and system for imaging using a filter for Time-of-Flight PET
GEN ELECTRIC25 citations92
US7038212B2May 2, 2006
Method and system for normalization of a positron emission tomography system
GEN ELECTRIC19 citations92
US7173248B2Feb 6, 2007
Methods and systems for positron emission tomography data correction
GEN ELECTRIC23 citations91
US7348564B2Mar 25, 2008
Multi modality imaging methods and apparatus
GEN ELECTRIC27 citations90
US8017914B2Sep 13, 2011
Method and system for scatter correction
GEN ELECTRIC14 citations84
US7405405B2Jul 29, 2008
Method and system for reconstructing an image in a positron emission tomography (PET) system
GEN ELECTRIC9 citations83
US7227149B2Jun 5, 2007
Method and system for positron emission tomography image reconstruction
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations83
US8941071B1Jan 27, 2015
Methods and systems for axially segmenting positron emission tomography data
GEN ELECTRIC4 citations73
US9427206B2Aug 30, 2016
Method and apparatus for gate specific MR-based attenuation correction of timed-gated pet studies
GEN ELECTRIC2 citations62
US9254111B2Feb 9, 2016
PET acquisition scheduling based on MR scout images
GEN ELECTRIC0 citations42
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC
5 patentsUS7103233B2Sep 5, 2006
Methods and apparatus for determining component alignment
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC53 citations96
US6661866B1Dec 9, 2003
Integrated CT-PET system
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC109 citations96
US6856666B2Feb 15, 2005
Multi modality imaging methods and apparatus
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC59 citations94
US7412280B2Aug 12, 2008
Systems and methods for analyzing an abnormality of an object
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC21 citations89
US7853314B2Dec 14, 2010
Methods and apparatus for improving image quality
GE MED SYS GLOBAL TECH CO LLC0 citations36
STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM
3 patentsUS8450693B2May 28, 2013
Method and system for fault-tolerant reconstruction of images
STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM7 citations83
US8094908B2Jan 10, 2012
Method and system for estimating randoms in imaging data
STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM7 citations83
US9168015B2Oct 27, 2015
Method and apparatus for gate specific MR-based attenuation correction of time-gated PET studies
STEARNS CHARLES WILLIAM4 citations71
ROSS STEVEN GERARD
2 patentsUS8452064B2May 28, 2013
Apparatus and methods for geometric calibration of positron emission tomography systems
ROSS STEVEN GERARD7 citations77
US8415630B2Apr 9, 2013
Apparatus and methods for determining a boundary of an object for positron emission tomography scatter correction
ROSS STEVEN GERARD4 citations59