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Methods and apparatus for preprocessing volumetric computed tomography data

US6292526A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S378/901
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is in one embodiment a method of processing projection data collected in a helical scan performed along a helical trajectory relative to an object being scanned. The method includes steps of defining a coordinate system to parameterize the data and generating estimates of projection data not on the helical trajectory by solving ultrahyperbolic equations in the defined coordinate system.

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