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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Akira Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Kotoko Morikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Kotoko Morikawa, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a CT image by applying Z-filtering to axial scan data collected using a multi-row detector, wherein second axial scan data is collected at a second position Zto which an X-ray tube and a multi-row detector are rectilinearly moved relative to a subject to be imaged from a first position Ztoward an end of the multi-row detector, projection data corresponding to a central portion aof a reconstruction field Pnear the end of the multi-row detector is extracted from the second axial scan data, and Z-filtering is applied based on the projection data of reconstruction fields P, Pand Pto produce one CT image.