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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Sachin Moghe, Northbrook, IL (US);
Michael D. Silver, Northbrook, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sachin Moghe, Northbrook, IL (US);
Michael D. Silver, Northbrook, IL (US);
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01);
Abstract
The current invention is generally related to an image processing method and system for substantially reducing ring artifacts. Using the attenuation data, the ring artifacts are substantially prevented based upon two-step process, and the second ring artifact reduction step removes the undesirable rings based upon previously determined statistical data including mean and standard deviation.