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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Renaud Capolunghi, Vanves, FR;
Huy-nam Doan, Savigny sur Orge, FR;
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Renaud Capolunghi, Vanves, FR;
Huy-Nam Doan, Savigny sur Orge, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for suppressing tagged material in prepless colonoscopy includes identifying and segmenting multiple density classes, intensity classes, or both in a volumetric medical image of a patient including a volume of the patient's colon and classifying the volume of the patient's colon into a plurality of types based upon the identified and segmented density classes, intensity classes, or both. The method further includes subtracting, suppressing, or leaving the tagged material in the image in accordance with the type classifications to produce a resulting image and visualizing the resulting image.