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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Darin Robert Okerlund, Waukesha, WI (US);
Sandeep Dutta, Waukesha, WI (US);
Brian Edward Nett, Waukesha, WI (US);
David Pazzani, Waukesha, WI (US);
Daniel Stassi, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Tal Gilat Schmidt, Whitefish Bay, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided including determining at least one range of phases of a cardiac cycle from which to select a selected phase based on at least one of patient demographic information, patient physiological information, or a general physiological model. The method also includes generating corresponding intermediate images for each of the phases of the at least one range of phases. Further, the method includes selecting the selected phase based on at least one image quality (IQ) metric of the intermediate images. Also, the method includes generating an image for diagnostic use using imaging information from the selected phase.