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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Jacquelyn S. Ellinwood, Rochester, NY (US);
Karin Topfer, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven Don, St. Louis, MO (US);
Bruce R. Whiting, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jacquelyn S. Ellinwood, Rochester, NY (US);
Karin Topfer, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven Don, St. Louis, MO (US);
Bruce R. Whiting, St. Louis, MO (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of obtaining recommendations for lowered radiation dose for a type of radiological image, executed at least in part by a computer system, obtains at least one clinical image of at least one patient, taken under a baseline set of exposure conditions, as a basis image. Processing instructions related to image simulation under one or more reduced exposure conditions are obtained. The basis image is processed according to the processing instructions to generate a set of one or more simulation images, each simulation image representative of corresponding reduced exposure conditions. One or more simulation images are displayed to one or more diagnostic practitioners and an evaluation obtained from the one or more practitioners related to at least the quality of the one or more simulation images. At least one recommended reduced exposure condition is generated and electronically stored according to the practitioner evaluation.