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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Stephen W. Metz, Greenfield, WI (US);
Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
Baojun LI, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Michael Sabol, Sussex, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Stephen W. Metz, Greenfield, WI (US);
Gopal B. Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
Baojun Li, Waukesha, WI (US);
John Michael Sabol, Sussex, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in one aspect, a three-dimensional (3D) image of an object is constructed from a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images of the object using a specialized filter. In some embodiments, the specialized filter implements a linear ramp function, a windowing function, and/or a polynomial function. In some embodiments, the 3D image is back-projected from the filtered two-dimensional images, yielding a 3D image that has improved visual distinction of overlapping anatomic structures and reduced blurring.