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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Sylvain Bernard, Buc, FR;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01); G06T 2211/436 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and system for obtaining images of an object of interest using a system comprising an x-ray source facing a detector. The method and system enable the acquiring of a plurality of 2D projection images of the object of interest in a plurality of orientations. A selected 2D projection image such as the zero projection of the plurality of projections can be enhanced by using at least a subset of the plurality of tomosynthesis projection images. The obtained enhanced 2D projection image is displayed for review.