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Title: ViRPET--combination of virtual reality and PET brain imaging

Abstract

Various methods, systems and apparatus are provided for brain imaging during virtual reality stimulation. In one example, among others, a system for virtual ambulatory environment brain imaging includes a mobile brain imager configured to obtain positron emission tomography (PET) scans of a subject in motion, and a virtual reality (VR) system configured to provide one or more stimuli to the subject during the PET scans. In another example, a method for virtual ambulatory environment brain imaging includes providing stimulation to a subject through a virtual reality (VR) system; and obtaining a positron emission tomography (PET) scan of the subject while moving in response to the stimulation from the VR system. The mobile brain imager can be positioned on the subject with an array of imaging photodetector modules distributed about the head of the subject.

Inventors:
;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1358274
Patent Number(s):
9655573
Application Number:
14/969,597
Assignee:
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Dec 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Majewski, Stanislaw, and Brefczynski-Lewis, Julie. ViRPET--combination of virtual reality and PET brain imaging. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Majewski, Stanislaw, & Brefczynski-Lewis, Julie. ViRPET--combination of virtual reality and PET brain imaging. United States.
Majewski, Stanislaw, and Brefczynski-Lewis, Julie. Tue . "ViRPET--combination of virtual reality and PET brain imaging". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1358274.
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patent, January 2004


Compact and mobile high resolution PET brain imager
patent, February 2011


Helmet-type PET device
patent, January 2016


Methods For Physiological Monitoring, Training, Exercise And Regulation
patent-application, August 2013


Virtual Reality Medical Application System
patent-application, October 2015


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