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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:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jiahua Fan, New Berlin, WI (US);
Yannan Jin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dominic Crotty, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Moore Boudry, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/563 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for improving image quality with three-dimensional (3D) scout scans for computed tomography (CT) imaging. In one embodiment, a method comprises reconstructing an image from projection data acquired during a diagnostic scan of a patient with corrections based on scout projection data acquired during a 3D scout scan of the patient. In this way, the image quality of a diagnostic image can be improved by using 3D scout data to correct projection data or image data.