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System and method for denoising medical images adaptive to local noise

US9036771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research · US

Inventors

Lifeng Yu · Inver Grove Heights, US
Armando Manduca · Rochester, US
Zhoubo Li · Libertyville, US
Joel G. Fletcher · Oronoco, US
Cynthia H. McCollough · Byron, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2013
Grant date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/583
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method is provided for estimating the local noise of CT images and denoising the images using a modified non-local means (NLM) algorithm that is adaptive to local variations of noise levels. A strategy for efficiently estimating the local noise of CT images is also described.

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