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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Olga Imas, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Paul Licato, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Laurent Launay, St Remy Chevreuse, FR;
Saad Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Thierry Galas, Buc, FR;
Vincent Adam, Buc, FR;
Olga Imas, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Paul Licato, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Laurent Launay, St Remy Chevreuse, FR;
Saad Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Thierry Galas, Buc, FR;
Vincent Adam, Buc, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A data processing technique is provided. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of dynamic computed tomography image data from a computed tomography imaging system, registering the image data, applying a smoothing filter to at least a selection of the registered image data, and outputting the results. The smoothing filter may be, for example, a uniform filter, a triangular filter, a Gaussian filter, a median filter, a percentile filter, a Kuwahara filter, an anisotropic filter, or any combination thereof. Additional methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.