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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2011
Alexander Zamyatin, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Daxin Shi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Mihail Petru Dinu, Mundelein, IL (US);
Alexander Zamyatin, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Daxin Shi, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Mihail Petru Dinu, Mundelein, IL (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The image generation method and system generates an image using a predetermined iterative reconstruction technique from cone beam data that has been expanded by adding additional data, and an instance of the iteration process is weighted according to a corresponding validation weight during the reconstruction. Optionally, an instance of the iteration process is weighted according to a combination of weights during the reconstruction. The predetermined combination of the weights includes axial weights based upon a validity value of the expanded data and statistical weights.