Inventor · Northbrook, IL, US

Michael D. Silver

29Patents
7h-index
24Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 10, 1987 → Jun 22, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5748768A Method and apparatus for correcting distortion in an imaging system Physics 54 Expired
US7912180B2 Scattered radiation correction method and scattered radiation correction apparatus Physics 32 Active
US6466638B1 Image mapping method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US5889833A High speed computed tomography device and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4787098A Method for obtaining calibrated tomographic image data to correct for collimator width differences Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US5235528A Method and apparatus for calibrating and correcting magnetic and geometrical distortions in an imaging system Physics 12 Expired
US8005284B2 Three dimensional image processing apparatus and x-ray diagnosis apparatus Physics 9 Active
US6778630B2 Method and system for reconstructing computed tomography images using redundant data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8611630B1 Algorithm for motion estimation from the tomographic data Physics 7 Active
US6542570B1 Method and system for reconstructing computed tomography images using redundant data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8270559B2 Method and system for tomographic reconstruction in medical imaging using the circle and line trajectory Human Necessities 6 Active
US7623691B2 Method for helical windmill artifact reduction with noise restoration for helical multislice CT Physics 6 Active
US9538975B2 Scatter correction method and apparatus for computed tomography imaging Physics 5 Active
US9482630B2 Multiple-layered energy-integrating detector in a hybrid computed tomography scanner Physics 4 Active
US8538114B2 Method and system utilizing parameter-less filter for substantially reducing streak and or noise in computer tomography (CT) images Physics 4 Active
US7660383B2 Three dimensional image processing apparatus and X-ray diagnosis apparatus Physics 4 Active
US8194961B2 Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for pre-reconstruction decomposition and calibration in dual energy computed tomography Physics 3 Active
US9008401B1 Method for estimating scan parameters from tomographic data Physics 3 Active
US7359478B2 Method for restoring truncated helical cone-beam computed tomography data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US8938105B2 Denoising method and system for preserving clinically significant structures in reconstructed images using adaptively weighted anisotropic diffusion filter Physics 2 Active
US8965144B2 Method and system utilizing parameter-less filter for substantially reducing streak and or noise in computer tomography (CT) images Physics 1 Active
US8929507B2 Method and system for substantially reducing ring artifact based upon ring statistics Physics 1 Active
US8379954B2 Three dimensional image processing apparatus and X-ray diagnosis apparatus Physics 1 Active
US8315351B2 System and method for tomographic reconstruction utilizing circular trajectory and scanogram to reduce artifacts Human Necessities 1 Active
US10013779B2 Metal artifact reduction for 3D-digtial subtraction angiography Physics 1 Active

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