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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Andras Kriston, Mako, HU;
Peter Alexander John Lamb, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paulo Ricardo Dos Santos Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Masayuki Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Souma Sengupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rahul Bhotika, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Laszlo Rusko, Szeged, HU;
Bipul Das, Bangalore, IN;
Scott David Wollenweber, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ferenc Kovacs, Kecskemet, HU;
Andras Kriston, Mako, HU;
Peter Alexander John Lamb, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paulo Ricardo dos Santos Mendonca, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Masayuki Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Souma Sengupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rahul Bhotika, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Laszlo Rusko, Szeged, HU;
Bipul Das, Bangalore, IN;
Scott David Wollenweber, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ferenc Kovacs, Kecskemet, HU;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for multi-energy tissue quantification includes an x-ray imaging system comprises an x-ray source configured to emit a beam of x-rays toward an object to be imaged, a detector configured to receive the x-rays attenuated by the object, and a data acquisition system (DAS) operably coupled to the detector. A computer operably connected to the x-ray source and the DAS is programmed to cause the x-ray source to emit x-rays at each of a first kVp and a second kVp toward the detector, acquire x-ray data from x-rays emitted at the first and second kVp through a region of interest (ROI), and perform a first multi-material decomposition based on the acquired x-ray data. The computer is also programmed to quantify a volume fraction of a first material in the ROI based on the first multi-material decomposition and display the volume fraction of the first material to a user.