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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Thomas L. Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Robert F. Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);
Stanley H. Fox, Brookfield, WI (US);
Robert Harry Armstrong, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas L. Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Robert F. Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);
Stanley H. Fox, Brookfield, WI (US);
Robert Harry Armstrong, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of medical imaging is designed to reduce a patient's X-ray exposure during scanning. The system automatically generates a default noise index from a received set of scan parameter values that specifies a desired tube current of an X-ray source to use during the scanning of a patient. The default noise index can then be overridden to select a preferred noise index based upon a desired diagnostic quality for a particular volume of interest (VOI) and a diagnostic objective.