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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:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Shuai Leng, Rochester, MN (US);

Cynthia H. Mccollough, Byron, MN (US);

Lifeng Yu, Byron, MN (US);

Joel G. Fletcher, Oronoco, MN (US);

Charles A. Mistretta, Madison, WI (US);

Inventors:

Shuai Leng, Rochester, MN (US);

Cynthia H. McCollough, Byron, MN (US);

Lifeng Yu, Byron, MN (US);

Joel G. Fletcher, Oronoco, MN (US);

Charles A. Mistretta, Madison, WI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/003 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 2223/1016 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01); G01N 2223/423 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for creating an energy series of images acquired using a multi-energy computed tomography (CT) imaging system having a plurality of energy bins includes acquiring, with the multi-energy CT imaging system, a series of energy data sets, where each energy data set is associated with at least one of the energy bins. The method includes producing a conglomerate image using at least a plurality of the energy data sets and, using the conglomerate image, reconstructing an energy series of images, each image in the energy series of images corresponding to at least one of the energy data sets.


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