Apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for improving image quality of a medical image volume
US12062153B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30004
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for improving image quality of a medical volume. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to receive a reconstructed input image volume from X-ray projection data corresponding to a three-dimensional region of an object to be examined, apply a pseudo-three-dimensional neural network (P3DNN) to the reconstructed input image volume, the application of the pseudo-three-dimensional neural network including generating, for the reconstructed input image volume, a plurality of three-dimensional image datasets representing a different anatomical plane of the reconstructed input image volume, applying at least one convolutional filter to each of a sagittal plane dataset, a transverse plane dataset, and a coronal plane dataset, and concatenating results of the applied at least one convolutional filter to generate an intermediate output image volume, and generate, based on the application of the P3DNN, an output image volume corresponding to the three-dimensional region of the object.
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