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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:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2015
Applicants:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Debashish Pal, Waukesha, WI (US);

Evgeny Drapkin, Waukesha, WI (US);

Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Waukesha, WI (US);

Somesh Srivastava, Waukesha, WI (US);

Ryan Thome, Waukesha, WI (US);

Madison G. McGaffin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jeffrey A. Fessler, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Donghwan Kim, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignees:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/005 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 11/006 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2211/424 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for iteratively reconstructing an image is provided. The method includes acquiring, with a detector, computed tomography (CT) imaging information. The method also includes generating, with at least one processor, sinogram information from the CT imaging information. Further, the method includes generating, with the at least one processor, image domain information from the CT imaging information. Also, the method includes updating the image using the sinogram information. The method further includes updating the image using the image domain information. Updating the image using the sinogram information and updating the image using the image domain information are performed separately and alternately in an iterative fashion.


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