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System and method for artifact reduction in an image

US11138768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. · US
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Patrick A. Helm · Milton, US
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen · Baltimore, US
Ali Uneri · Baltimore, US
Wojciech Zbijewski · Baltimore, US
Xiaoxuan Zhang · Park Ridge, US
Joseph Webster Stayman · Baltimore, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2019
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2211/448
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Selected artifacts, which may be based on distortions or selected attenuation features, may be reduced or removed from a reconstructed image. Various artifacts may occur due to the presence of a metal object in a field of view. The metal object may be identified and removed from a data that is used to generate a reconstruction.

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