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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Arun Kumar Chandrashekarappa, Bangalore, IN;
Pankaj Giri, Bangalore, IN;
Gobinath Mani, Bangalore, IN;
Yasuhiro Imai, Waukesha, WI (US);
Haruna Onodera, Hino, JP;
Arun Kumar Chandrashekarappa, Bangalore, IN;
Pankaj Giri, Bangalore, IN;
Gobinath Mani, Bangalore, IN;
Yasuhiro Imai, Waukesha, WI (US);
Haruna Onodera, Hino, JP;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method to reduce the radiation dose delivered by an imaging system is provided. The method comprises steps of selecting a virtual mask representation based on the shape of an organ to be masked, displaying the virtual mask representation on a scout image and manipulating radiation dose to be delivered so as to modify the virtual mask representation to obtain an optimum attenuation profile.