System and method for reducing reconstruction artifacts in computed tomography images
US5933471A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method reduce the noise, and hence improve the usefulness, of computer tomography (CT) images that have been corrupted by metal-induced reconstruction artifacts. Metal-induced reconstruction artifacts in CT images are reduced by restoring crucial quantitative image information. The system does not fail when applied to sparsely-sampled and/or low-resolution projection data and is clinically viable in that it is a method that can be embodied in a practical, real-world system that can be used routinely in hospitals and medical clinics, and relies only on data that are available from standard medical CT scanners.
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