公开(公告)号：US09437017B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US14522783

申请日：2014-10-24

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Shuqin Dong ,  Jiaqin Dong ,  Shuo Li ,  Jiang Hsieh

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06T5/00

CPC classification number: G06T11/008 ,  A61B6/5258 ,  G06T5/005 ,  G06T2207/10081 ,  G06T2207/30004

Abstract: A method and apparatus for metal artifact elimination in a medical image. The method includes: obtaining a medical image to be processed; determining whether or not a metal region is contained in the medial image; and performing artifact elimination processing to the medical image when metal regions are contained in the medical image and a metal density value of one of the metal regions is greater than or equal to a preset density value.

Abstract translation: 医用图像中金属伪影消除的方法和装置。 该方法包括：获得待处理的医学图像; 确定所述中间图像中是否包含金属区域; 以及当医疗图像中包含金属区域并且一个金属区域的金属浓度值大于或等于预设浓度值时，对医学图像执行伪像消除处理。

公开(公告)号：US10026168B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-17

申请号：US15124336

申请日：2015-03-10

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ping Liu ,  Jiaqin Dong ,  Jie Wu

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06K9/36

Abstract: A medical scanning system and method for determining scanning parameters based on a scout image, the system includes: a scanned object description module for describing the shape of a scanned object on an initial image; an adjustment module for aligning the shape of the scanned object with the pre-stored average shape; a principal component analysis module for extracting the principal component for the aligned shape of the scanned object; a desired shape acquisition module for imparting weight parameters to said principal component, acquiring a plurality of new shapes, and from said plurality of new shapes, determining the new shape with the maximum cost function value as the desired shape and a scanning parameter setting module for setting scanning parameters based on the desired shape.

公开(公告)号：US10154820B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-18

申请号：US14090005

申请日：2013-11-26

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ping Liu ,  Jiaqin Dong ,  Hai Feng Wu ,  Meng Zhang

IPC: A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G01R33/54

Abstract: A method for a CT scan of a body part, wherein a marker is positioned on the body part. The method comprises: positioning a marker on the body part; performing a scout scan of the area which contains the body part, to acquire a scout image; detecting the marker in the scout image to acquire position information of the marker; and using the position information to navigate the CT scan.

公开(公告)号：US09808209B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14135808

申请日：2013-12-20

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Bin Wang ,  Jiang Hsieh ,  Xianjun Pan ,  Jiaqin Dong

IPC: A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/06 ,  G21K1/02 ,  A61B6/00

CPC classification number: A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/06 ,  A61B6/4021 ,  A61B6/4078 ,  A61B6/582 ,  G21K1/02

Abstract: A collimator for use in a CT system made of an X-ray absorbing material, the collimator comprises an imaging aperture having a first width for passage of a first X-ray beam, the first X-ray beam being used for X-ray imaging, and a tracking aperture having a second width for passage of a second X-ray beam, the second X-ray beam being used for X-ray beam tracking.