System and method of medical imaging having default noise index override capability United States Patent 06904127

06904127 is referenced by 13 patents and cites 12 patents.

Robert Senzig

A system and method of medical imaging is designed to reduce a patient's X-ray exposure during scanning. The system automatically generates a default noise index from a received set of scan parameter values that specifies a desired tube current of an X-ray source to use during the scanning of a patient. The default noise index can then be overridden to select a preferred noise index based upon a desired diagnostic quality for a particular volume of interest (VOI) and a diagnostic objective.

Title
System and method of medical imaging having default noise index override capability
Application Number
9/683128
Publication Number
6904127 (B2)
Application Date
November 21, 2001
Publication Date
June 7, 2005
Inventor
Robert Harry Armstrong
Waukesha
WI, US
Stanley H Fox
Brookfield
WI, US
Robert F Senzig
Germantown
WI, US
Thomas L Toth
Brookfield
WI, US
Agent
Carl B Horton
Michael A Della Penna
Ziolkowski Patent Solutions Group SC
Assignee
General Electric Company
WI, US
IPC
H05G 001/34
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Citations: 13 (view full list)

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