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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Thomas Louis Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Michael Patrick Daly, LaGrange, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Louis Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Michael Patrick Daly, LaGrange, IL (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for automatically determining regions in scanned object are provided. The method includes performing a scout scan of an object and automatically determining regions within the object based on attenuation information from the scout scan.