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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:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brian Edward Nett, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jiahua Fan, New Berlin, WI (US);
Amber Christine Silvaggio, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/15 (2006.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/003 (2013.01); G06F 17/15 (2013.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 2211/421 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for reconstructing images with a tailored image texture. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring projection data, and reconstructing an image from the projection data with a desired image texture. In this way, iterative image reconstruction techniques may be used to substantially reduce image noise, thereby enabling a reduction in injected contrast and/or radiation dose, while preserving an image texture familiar from analytic image reconstruction techniques.