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Spectral imaging

US9928585B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Carsten Oliver Schirra · Chesterfield, US
Gregory M. Lanza · Chesterfield, US
Roland Proksa · Hamburg, DE
Ewald Roessl · Ellerau, DE
Axel Thran · Hamburg, DE
Robert Manzke · Bönebüttel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2012
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A method includes analyzing a spectral projection image of a portion of a subject, generating a value quantifying an amount of a target specific contrast material in a region of interest of the spectral projection image, and generating a signal indicative of a presence of the target in response to the value satisfying a predetermined threshold level.

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