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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
William C. Karl, Andover, MA (US);
Zhuangli Liang, Brighton, MA (US);
Homer Pien, Andover, MA (US);
Thomas J. Brady, Winchester, MA (US);
William C. Karl, Andover, MA (US);
Zhuangli Liang, Brighton, MA (US);
Homer Pien, Andover, MA (US);
Thomas J. Brady, Winchester, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention is a method to reduce a blooming effect of a bright object in a medical image generated from a low-dose imaging system. The method includes characterizing an ideal image as a composition of a first component and a second component. The first component is characterized by a first function and the second component is characterized by a second function. The method also includes minimizing the first function and the second function using a smoothing process and generating the medical image based on the minimizing.