Patents Examined by William C Dowliing
  • Motion compensated CT reconstruction of high contrast objects
    Patent number: 8184883
    Abstract: Cardiac CT imaging using gated reconstruction is currently limited in its temporal and spatial resolution. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an examination apparatus is provided in which an identification of a high contrast object is performed. This high contrast object is then followed through the phases, resulting in a motion vector field of the high contrast object, on the basis of which a motion compensated reconstruction is then performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Grass, Dirk Schaefer, Udo Van Stevendaal