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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2007
Jeffrey Allen Fessler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles Addison Bouman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jean-baptiste Daniel Marie Thibault, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ken David Sauer, South Bend, IN (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jeffrey Allen Fessler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles Addison Bouman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jean-Baptiste Daniel Marie Thibault, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Ken David Sauer, South Bend, IN (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of improving a resolution of an image using image reconstruction is provided. The method includes acquiring scan data of an object and forward projecting a current image estimate of the scan data to generate calculated projection data. The method also includes applying a data-fit term and a regularization term to the scan data and the calculated projection data and modifying at least one of the data fit term and the regularization term to accommodate spatio-temporal information to form a reconstructed image from the scan data and the calculated projection data.