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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
John Michael Sabol, Sussex, WI (US);
Matthew Joseph Walker, New Berlin, WI (US);
Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
John Michael Sabol, Sussex, WI (US);
Matthew Joseph Walker, New Berlin, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for obtaining data including scanning an object using a multi-energy computed tomography (MECT) system to obtain data to generate an anatomical image, and decomposing the obtained data to generate a first density image representative of bone material and a second density image representative of soft-tissue. The method further includes segmenting at least one of the first density image and the second density image, and volume rendering the second density image.