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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Giovanni John Jacques Palma, Buc, FR;
Razvan Gabriel Iordache, Buc, FR;
Serge Louis Wilfrid Muller, Buc, FR;
Laurence Vancamberg, Buc, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of optimizing images of a patient utilizing a medical imaging device includes the steps of providing a medical imaging device having an x-ray source, an x-ray detector, a controller for adjusting the positions of the x-ray source and detector, an image reconstructor/generator connected to the x-ray detector to receive x-ray data and reconstruct an x-ray image, and a processor connected to the image reconstructor/generator and the controller to perform analyses on the x-ray image, acquiring a first data set Sof images, processing the first data set Sto reconstruct a first computerized data set D, analyzing the first computerized data set D, acquiring at least one additional data set Sin response to the analysis of the first computerized data set Dand processing the at least one additional data set Sin combination with the first data set Sto reconstruct an optimized computerized data set D.