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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
James Zhengshe Liu, Cottonwood Heights, UT (US);
Xiaosong Liu, Beijing, CN;
Longjiang Yu, Beijing, CN;
HongChang Ma, Beijing, CN;
Jan D. Bruening, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Todd W. Brown, Tooele, UT (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to locally enhancing medical images. In accordance with certain embodiments, a method includes determining a boundary of a region of interest in a displayed medical image, overlaying the boundary on the displayed medical image, adjusting a position of a collimator of a medical imaging system based on the determined boundary, enhancing image quality of the region of interest, and displaying the enhanced region of interest within the boundary.