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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Bin Zhang, Cleveland, OH (US);
Zhiqiang Hu, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); G06T 5/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/008 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G01T 1/1642 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 5/10 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10104 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2211/424 (2013.01);
Abstract
The following relates to noise filtering in nuclear imaging systems. In one aspect, a fully automatic noise filtering system is provided in a nuclear imaging device. In some embodiments, a filter parameter selection engine is applied to an image environment of a medical image to calculate an image filter configuration for the medical image wherein the image environment includes values for one or more of an imaging subject of the medical image, an imaging device used to acquire the medical image, and a medical context of the medical image.