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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
Satoru Nakanishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Aleksandr Zamyatin, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Michael D. Silver, Northbrook, IL (US);
Satoru Nakanishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Aleksandr Zamyatin, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Michael D. Silver, Northbrook, IL (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A computed tomography apparatus and method using line data estimated from circle data and scanogram data. An image of a subject is reconstructed using the circle data and the estimated line data. The circle data and scanogram data may be weighted in estimating the line data. The apparatus and method are useful in diminishing or eliminating streak artifacts in reconstructed images such as images including the spine.