Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CT imaging methods and systems
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Application No.: US14304848Application Date: 2014-06-13
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Publication No.: US09702832B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Le Shen , Yuxiang Xing , Li Zhang , Zhiqiang Chen
- Applicant: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
- Applicant Address: CN Beijing
- Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: CN Beijing
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: CN201310234787 20130614
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03 ; G01N23/04 ; A61B6/00 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
Disclosed is a CT imaging method and system. The method includes: CT scanning an object with a dual-energy CT system to obtain a first complete set of projection data in a first scan mode, and to obtain a second incomplete set of projection data in a second scan mode; reconstructing a first attenuation coefficient image of the object from the first set of projection data, and extracting, from the first attenuation coefficient image, prior structure information of the object indicating edge intensity; and reconstructing a second attenuation coefficient image of the object from the second incomplete set of projection data using the extracted prior structure information as a constraint. With the method using the prior structure information of the imaged object as a constraint in reconstruction, it is possible to dramatically reduce an amount of data required for reconstruction, and achieve satisfactory effects even with ill-conditioned problems of limited-angle and inner reconstruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140369458A1 CT IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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