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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Zhoubo Li, Libertyville, IL (US);
Cynthia H. McCollough, Byron, MN (US);
Shuai Leng, Rochester, MN (US);
Lifeng Yu, Byron, MN (US);
Armando Manduca, Rochester, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
System and methods are provided for producing computed tomography (CT) images. In some aspects, a method includes obtaining medical image data sets acquired using the multiple energies of irradiating radiation and analyzing the medical image data sets for spatial and spectral features. The method also includes comparing the spatial and spectral features of the medical image data sets to identify similarities and using the similarities, weighting the medical image data sets to generate images of the subject having reduced noise compared to images of the subject produced from the medical image data sets without weighting.