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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2010
Arunabha Roy, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Dutta, Waukesha, WI (US);
Srikanth Suryanarayanan, Bangalore, IN;
Umesha Perdoor Srinivas Adiga, Loveland, OH (US);
Arunabha Roy, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Dutta, Waukesha, WI (US);
Srikanth Suryanarayanan, Bangalore, IN;
Umesha Perdoor Srinivas Adiga, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method includes acquisition of a set of image data comprising a plurality of image voxels and isolation of a set of pulmonary emboli candidates from the plurality of image voxels. The system and method also includes application of a non-linear contrast enhancement to the set of pulmonary emboli candidates, filtration of the enhanced set of pulmonary emboli candidates, output of a final set of pulmonary emboli candidates, and creation of an image comprising the final set of pulmonary emboli candidates.