Use of computer tomography scout images as an alternative to sinogram data
US5878102A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an x-ray computed tomography imaging system, it is often useful to have access to the unreconstructed CT projection data, called sinogram data. Scout image data can be converted to a sinogram using a series of computer implemented algorithms, since the original sinogram data may be unavailable or in a proprietary format. Using this conversion, multiple scout images may be substituted for unavailable sinogram data.
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