Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fletcher Yodar, P.C.
  • Method and system for tomosynthesis image enhancement using transverse filtering
    Patent number: 6751284
    Abstract: A technique is provided for reducing contrast variability in images produced by tomosynthesis. In particular, contrast variability in images produced by a radiation source which has a linear or elongated scan path is reduced. The technique filters the radiographic projections or the reconstructed image slices in a direction transverse to the scan-direction of the radiation source to reduce contrast variations related to the orientation of the structure and the scan geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard