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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382131 ; 378 15 ; 378901 ;
Abstract
The present invention, in one form, is a system for performing image reconstruction using data acquired from a single detector row in a helical scan. More specifically, a modified weighting factor W.sub.f (.beta.,.gamma.), which is a shifted and weighted average version of the single slice helical weighting factor, is generated. The modified weighting factor is then applied to data to reduce image noise and artifacts and/or increase image sharpness.