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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:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward G. Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Robert E. Melen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Augustus P. Lowell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert E. Alvarez, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel J. Rachlin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Mariners, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/304 ; A61B 6/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/304 ; A61B 6/03 ;
Abstract
An image reconstruction system that can generate an accurate image representation of structure and regions within an object is disclosed. An aspect of the invention comprises a processor that is configured to receive x-ray transmissive information for an object to generate image pixel information for a plurality of depths within the object. The display image comprises selected image pixel information corresponding to image pixels at a plurality of depths within the object.