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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Dominic Joseph Crotty, Waukesha, WI (US);
Franco Rupcich, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
John Howard Londt, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Mark Vincent Profio, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Darin Robert Okerlund, Muskego, WI (US);
Roy-Arnulf Helge Nilsen, Waukesha, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for generating and simulating a computed tomography (CT) protocol is provided. The method includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, at a processor user input including patient population size settings and scan technique settings for modeling the effects of the scan technique settings across a patient population as a function of patient size. The method also includes generating, via the processor, a patient population profile based on at least the patient population size settings and the scan technique settings, wherein the patient population profile includes specific CT scan technique settings to be applied across different size ranges of the patient population as a function of patient size. The method further includes displaying, on the graphical user interface, one or more visualization elements illustrating the effect of these specific CT scan technique settings on specific imaging metrics across the patient population.