Patents Assigned to INSTITUTO DO CORACAO
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MATERIALS OR DISEASE STATES USING MULTI-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20140050378
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to characterizing or quantifying an element or composition of interest within an imaged volume. In accordance with one embodiment, high and low energy images are acquired of a volume of interest using a polychromatic emission source. The high and low energy images are processed to generate monochromatic images. Based on the observed attenuation within the monochromatic images, one or more elements or compositions of interest are characterized within the imaged volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicants: INSTITUTO DO CORACAO, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Souma Sengupta, Sandeep Dutta, Toshihiro Rifu, Ajay Narayanan, Bipul Das, Melissa Megumi Shiraishi Kuriki, Pedro Alves Lemos Neto, Roberto Caldeira Cury, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte