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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yuan Lin, Rochester, NY (US);
William J. Sehnert, Fairport, NY (US);
Nathan J. Packard, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 5/0035 (2013.01); A61B 6/405 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/544 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for generating a modulation tube current waveform acquires reflectance images of a subject and generates a surface contour characterization of the subject according to the reflectance images. The surface contour is registered to the imaged field of view. A volume image is formed according to the generated surface contour. A modulation factor for the radiographic volume imaging apparatus is determined at a plurality of modulation points. A modulation tube current waveform is generated using the modulation factor.