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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Jean-baptiste Thibault, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas Matthew Benson, Smyrna, GA (US);
Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas Matthew Benson, Smyrna, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for statistical iterative reconstruction are provided. One method includes pre-processing acquired raw measurement data to modify the raw data measurement data and determining a change in a variance of the raw measurement data resulting from the modification to the raw measurement data during pre-processing. The method also includes reconstructing an image using the modified raw measurement data resulting from the pre-processing and the determined change in variance.