Patent №
US 7,545,903
Granted
2009-06-09
Filed 2006
Owner
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10564572
In the CT imaging of non-homogeneously moving objects such as the heart or the coronary vessel tree, there is a problem that different parts of the objects are at rest at different points in time. Thus, a gated reconstruction with a globally selected time point does not yield a sharp image of such objects. According to the present invention, a motion of the objects is estimated, describing the motion of selected regions of these objects. Then, on the basis of the estimated motion, time points are determined, where these areas have minimal motion. Then, an image is reconstructed, wherein the data from which the respective regions are reconstructed, correspond to the respective time points, where the regions have minimal motion. Due to this, an improved image qualify maybe provided.
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Ownership
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
assignment · 175850896
Assignors
KOHLER, THOMAS, GRASS, MICHAEL, KUHN, MICHAEL HARALD, PROKSA, ROLAND
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