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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Carsten Oliver Schirra, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gregory Lanza, St. Louis, MO (US);
Roland Proksa, Neu Wulmstorf, DE;
Ewald Roessl, Ellerau, DE;
Axel Thran, Hamburg, DE;
Robert Manzke, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Carsten Oliver Schirra, St. Louis, MO (US);
Gregory Lanza, St. Louis, MO (US);
Roland Proksa, Neu Wulmstorf, DE;
Ewald Roessl, Ellerau, DE;
Axel Thran, Hamburg, DE;
Robert Manzke, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method includes analyzing a spectral projection image of a portion of a subject, generating a value quantifying an amount of a target specific contrast material in a region of interest of the spectral projection image, and generating a signal indicative of a presence of the target in response to the value satisfying a predetermined threshold level.