Method and system to generate object image slices

US7515682B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Baojun Li · Sharon, US
• Stephen Metz · Greenfield, US
• Jiang Hsieh · Brookfield, US
• Yogesh Srinivas · Hartland, US
• Xianfeng Ni · Sussex, US
• Tabb Alan Patz · New Berlin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 7, 2009
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/025
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for creating a variable slice thickness for displaying an imaged object is disclosed. The method includes acquiring a plurality of projection images from a plurality of different projection angles within a defined sweep angle, reconstructing a plurality of object images from the plurality of projection images, each object image having a first slice thickness, and applying a function rule to combine images, whole images or portions thereof or attributes thereof, of the plurality of projection images, of the plurality of object images, or of both, thereby providing for the display of the object utilizing a second slice thickness that varies from the first slice thickness.