Methods and apparatus for noise compensation in an imaging system
US6061419A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for performing channel dependent and gain dependent smoothing filter (across channels) to compensate for noise in a multislice imaging system are described. The smoothing mainly affects the radial resolution. The filter can be combined with the matrix deconvolution filter typically used in multi-slice scanners. The filter is channel and DAS gain dependent and provides that an image generated from data collected in a multi-slice scan has about the same image quality, e.g., noise reduction, as images generated by other types of scanners.
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