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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yannan Jin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Paul Francis Fitzgerald, Schenectady, NY (US);
Xue Rui, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Yangyang Yao, Shanghai, CN;
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Uwe Wiedmann, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging method includes executing a low-dose preparatory scan to an object by applying tube voltages and tube currents in an x-ray source, and generating a first image of the object corresponding to the low-dose preparatory scan. The method further includes generating image quality estimates and dose estimates view by view at least based on the first image. The method includes optimizing the tube voltages and the tube currents to generate optimal profiles for the tube voltage and the tube current. At least one of the optimal profiles for the tube voltage and the tube current is generated based on the image quality estimates and the dose estimates. The method includes executing an acquisition scan by applying the tube voltages and the tube currents based on the optimal profiles and generating a second image of the object corresponding to the acquisition scan. An imaging system is also provided.