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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Xiaodong Zhong, Lilburn, GA (US);

Stephan Kannengiesser, Wuppertal, DE;

Marcel Dominik Nickel, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Brian M. Dale, Morrisville, NC (US);

Berthold Kiefer, Erlangen, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a framework for identifying signal components in image data. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives multiple measured signal values corresponding to respective quantified signal components in image data. The framework determines at least one first measure of fit map of a signal model based on the measured signal values. The measured signal values may be swapped to generate swapped signal values. At least one second measure of fit map of the signal model may be determined based on the swapped signal values. The multiple signal components may then be identified by comparing the first and second measure of fit maps.


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