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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Josh Star-lack, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mingshan Sun, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Josh Star-Lack, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Mingshan Sun, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/005 (2013.01); G06T 2211/412 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure, a process for enhancing a motion-blurred image is presented. The process may include receiving a plurality of projections, wherein the plurality of projections contain computed tomography (CT) data obtained in multiple motion phases. The process may include generating an enhanced multi-phase image by performing an enhancement operation based on the plurality of projections. The process may further include generating a plurality of phase-correlated images based on the plurality of projections and the enhanced multi-phase image.


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