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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2008
Paulo Ricardo Dos Santos Mendonça, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paul Edgar Licato, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Rahul Bhotika, Albany, NY (US);
Brian William Thomsen, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Paulo Ricardo dos Santos Mendonça, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Paul Edgar Licato, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Rahul Bhotika, Albany, NY (US);
Brian William Thomsen, Milwaukee, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for obtaining multi-material decomposition images of an object is presented. The method includes acquiring an image pair from a dual energy computed tomography scan of the imaged object. The method then includes selecting a material basis for multi-material decomposition of the image pair. The method further includes applying a physicochemical model for the material basis. Also, the method includes performing multi-material decomposition using at least one constraint imposed by the physicochemical model.