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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Kai Zeng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charles Addison Bouman, Jr., West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Ken David Sauer, South Bend, IN (US);
Jean-baptiste Daniel Marie Thibault, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Zhou Yu, Minhang, CN;
Kai Zeng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charles Addison Bouman, Jr., West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Ken David Sauer, South Bend, IN (US);
Jean-Baptiste Daniel Marie Thibault, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Zhou Yu, Minhang, CN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
University of Notre Dame Du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
An improved iterative reconstruction method to reconstruct a first image includes generating an imaging beam, receiving said imaging beam on a detector array, generating projection data based on said imaging beams received by said detector array, providing said projection data to an image reconstructor, enlarging one of a plurality of voxels and a plurality of detectors of the provided projection data, reconstructing portions of the first image with the plurality of enlarged voxels or detectors, and iteratively reconstructing the portions of the first image to create a reconstructed image.