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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Xiangyang Tang, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Fang Dong, New Berlin, WI (US);
Jiahua Fan, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Louis Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Xiangyang Tang, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Fang Dong, New Berlin, WI (US);
Jiahua Fan, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Louis Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for reconstructing an image using an imaging apparatus that includes a radiation source, a detector array, and a computer. The method includes performing a helical scan of an object at a selected helical pitch using the radiation source and detector array to obtain image data, and reconstructing an image of the object utilizing the computer programmed to perform a hybrid cone beam image reconstruction having ray-wise 3D weighting, wherein the weighting is dependent upon both helical pitch and z-distance.