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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Pavlo Baturin, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard A. Simon, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G01T 1/164 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/484 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G01T 1/164 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10116 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of methods and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining differential phase contrast imaging system and methods for same. Method and apparatus embodiments can provide regularized phase contrast retrieval that can address noise reduction and/or edge enhancement. Certain exemplary embodiments can suppress stripe artifacts occurring in the process of integration of noisy differential phase data. Further, certain exemplary embodiments can use transmission images and/or dark-field images to improve or restore phase contrast images affected by noise edges.