Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alternative noise map estimation methods for CT images
- Patent Title (中): CT图像的替代噪声图估计方法
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Application No.: US13757041Application Date: 2013-02-01
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Publication No.: US09031297B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Daxin Shi
- Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba , Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-Shi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba,Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Otawara-Shi
- Agency: Yoshida & Associates, LLC
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T11/00 ; G21K3/00

Abstract:
Noise map for CT images have been estimated by generalizing the prior art even-and-odd views approach. One example is to estimate a noise map from images reconstructed from three sets of independent views. A second example is to estimate a noise map from images reconstructed by using two sets of correlated views. A third example is to estimate a noise map from noise map from two images reconstructed from two sets of independent views while the number of views in each set is unequal. Physical phantom data were employed to validate our proposed noise map estimation methods. In comparison to the existing method, our alternative methods yield reasonably accurate noise map estimation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140219529A1 ALTERATIVE NOISE MAP ESTIMATION METHODS FOR CT IMAGES Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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