Slice-adaptive multislice helical weighting for computed tomography imaging
US6351514B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S378/901
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for reconstructing at least one image representative of an object. This embodiment includes steps of: helically scanning the object with a multislice computed tomographic imaging system to acquire data representative of a plurality of computed tomographic image slices of an object including measurement data representative of conjugate rays; performing a minimum width helical interpolation of the acquired data to determine conjugate ray weights; increasing interpolation width when a sum of the conjugate ray weights is less than a threshold value; and filtering and backprojecting data to produce at least one image representative of the object. The filtering and backprojecting step includes weighting interpolated measurement data representative of conjugate rays using the increased interpolation width.
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