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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Jinghan YE, Fremont, CA (US);
Lingxiong Shao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Zuo Zhao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mary K. Durbin, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinghan Ye, Fremont, CA (US);
Lingxiong Shao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Zuo Zhao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mary K. Durbin, San Jose, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging system () comprises at least one radiation detector () disposed adjacent a subject receiving aperture () to detect radiation from a subject, receive the radiation and generate measured data. An image processor () iteratively reconstructs the detected radiation into image representations, in each reconstruction iteration the image processor () applies noise reduction algorithms to at least a difference between the measured data and a portion of a previous iteration image representation.