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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Sandeep Dutta, Waukesha, WI (US);
Aleksandar Zavaljevski, Waukesha, WI (US);
Roy Nilsen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Darin R. Okerland, Muskego, WI (US);
Rajendra Kurady, Waukesha, WI (US);
Sandeep Dutta, Waukesha, WI (US);
Aleksandar Zavaljevski, Waukesha, WI (US);
Roy Nilsen, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Darin R. Okerland, Muskego, WI (US);
Rajendra Kurady, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for multi-phase cardiac CT imaging includes an adaptive, selective reconstruction process that, when possible, implements an image or non-phase location driven reconstruction process to reconstruct cardiac CT images. If the hardware parameters support an image location driven reconstruction for the particular imaging session then the image location driven reconstruction is implemented. However, if image location driven reconstruction is not supported, a default phase location driven reconstruction is employed. Image location driven reconstruction improves system throughput and improves image quality as more cardiac phase locations can routinely be generated to better 'freeze' the motion of the heart of a patient.