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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mehmet Yavus, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Ahmed Nadeem Ishaque, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Sarah Kathryn Patch, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/02 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided which utilize a circular tomosynthesis system to collect 2-D x-ray projection radiograph data of an object being evaluated. The collected data is then transformed into a form suitable for cone beam volumetric computed tomography (cone beam VCT) reconstruction. Once the data has been transformed, a cone beam VCT reconstruction algorithm may be utilized to reconstruct a 3-D image of the object.