Patent · US Active

Apparatus and method of visualizing multi-energy imaging data

US8311181B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Brian William Thomsen · Milwaukee, US
Paulo Ricardo Mendonca · Clifton Park, US
Rahul Bhotika · Albany, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2010
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2211/408
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging system includes an x-ray source configured to emit a beam of x-rays toward an object to be imaged, a detector configured to receive x-rays that are attenuated by the object, a data acquisition system (DAS) operably coupled to the detector, and a computer operably coupled to the DAS and programmed to obtain scan data with two or more incident energy spectra, decompose the obtained scan data into at least three basis materials, generate an image of one of the at least three basis materials using the decomposed scan data, and replace at least one pixel in the image using decomposed data of another of the at least three basis materials.

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