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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Zhoubo Li, Libertyville, IL (US);
Brian Edward Nett, Brookfield, WI (US);
Meghan Lynn Yue, Johnson Creek, WI (US);
Roy A. Nilsen, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for direct monochromatic image generation for spectral computed tomography. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring projection data during a scan of a subject, reconstructing a low energy image and a high energy image from the projection data, and generating a monochromatic image from the low energy image and the high energy image. In this way, a monochromatic image may be generated directly from low and high energy images with a substantial reduction in image noise, especially when compared to a monochromatic image generated indirectly from material density images.