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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Daxin Shi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Alexander Zamyatin, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Inventors:
Daxin Shi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Alexander Zamyatin, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image generation method and system generates an image using a predetermined iterative reconstruction technique, and an instance of the iteration process is weighted according to a predetermined combination of weights during the reconstruction. The predetermined combination of the weights includes weights based upon a predetermined noise model and a predetermined window function to improve image quality.