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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Anna Jerebko, Hausen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/155 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/155 (2017.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30068 (2013.01); G06T 2211/436 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of performing digital tomosynthesis includes the steps of obtaining an initial volume (I) formed with a plurality of slices (); performing edge detection in a slice (); processing the detected edges () to obtain a weighting volume (W); and generating a composite slab (S, S) on the basis of the weighting volume (W).