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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Applicants:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Patrick A. Helm, Milton, MA (US);
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ali Uneri, Baltimore, MD (US);
Wojciech Zbijewski, Baltimore, MD (US);
Xiaoxuan Zhang, Baltimore, MD (US);
Joseph W. Stayman, IV, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/006 (2013.01); A61B 6/5282 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/005 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3764 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10124 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20182 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30052 (2013.01);
Abstract
Selected artifacts, which may be based on distortions or selected attenuation features, may be reduced or removed from a reconstructed image. Various artifacts may occur due to the presence of a metal object in a field of view. The metal object may be identified and removed from a data that is used to generate a reconstruction.