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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:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems International Ag, Cham, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 6/585 (2013.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining material property, includes: an interface configured to obtain a first HU value associated with a first image of an object, and to obtain a second HU value associated with a second image of the object, wherein the first image is created using a first energy having a first energy level, and wherein the second image is created using a second energy having a second energy level that is different from the first energy level; and a processing unit configured to determine a weighted property value for the object based at least in part on the first HU value and the second HU value.