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Patent No.:

US 8606038 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2012

Method and computer system for the reduction of artifacts in reconstructed ct image datasets

Applicants:

Harald Schöndube, Erlangen, DE;

Karl Stierstorfer, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Harald Schöndube, Erlangen, DE;

Karl Stierstorfer, Erlangen, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Anand Bhatnagar

Assistant Examiner:

Soo Park

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/12 (2006.01); H05G 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and computer system are disclosed with software for artifact reduction in CT image datasets for spiral scans from a CT system with an inclined gantry. In at least one embodiment, for each of at least two positions of the center of rotation, which is moved during the spiral scan, the removal of annular artifacts is carried out around these positions, during which the position concerned is used as the center point of the annular artifacts to be removed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Schöndube, Harald. (2013). Method and computer system for the reduction of artifacts in reconstructed ct image datasets (U.S. Patent No. 8606038). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8606038

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