Protocol driven image reconstruction, display, and processing in a multislice imaging system
First Claim
1. A protocol for defining operations performed by a multislice imaging system, said protocol comprising designations for at least one of slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, filming requirement and image archiving requirement, and further including designations for reconstruction of images from multiple rows of scan data, the reconstructed images having thicknesses varying in accordance with a resolution requirement.
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Abstract
A scalable multislice system configured to generate multiple streams of image data with different image quality characteristics prospectively and simultaneously is described. Such capability enables improving existing clinical diagnosis and also enables use of clinical application protocol driven method for image reconstruction and display as well as image analysis. More specifically, with the scalable multislice imaging system, multiple rows (>2) of x-ray scan data along the patient'"'"'s long axis are simultaneously acquired. Multiple protocols are "pre-built" based on specific applications to determine image slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, e.g., field of view, filming requirement and image archiving requirement, prospectively. Multiple image sets with different slice thickness, different reconstruction methods, different display model--axial, 3D or reformat which are pre-determined by the protocol used can then be displayed.
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- 1. A protocol for defining operations performed by a multislice imaging system, said protocol comprising designations for at least one of slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, filming requirement and image archiving requirement, and further including designations for reconstruction of images from multiple rows of scan data, the reconstructed images having thicknesses varying in accordance with a resolution requirement.
- 8. A multislice imaging system programmed to execute a scan in accordance with a protocol, said protocol comprising designations for at least one of slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, filming requirement, and image archiving requirement, and further including designations for reconstruction of images from multiple rows of scan data, the reconstructed images having thicknesses varying in accordance with a resolution requirement.
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15. A multislice imaging system programmed to generate an image in accordance with:
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space="preserve" listing-type="equation">I(x,y).sub.s =Σ
W.sub.i *I(x,y).sub.iwhere I(x,y)s is the resulted image pixel values at location x and y, Wi is the weighting factor determined by the final image slice thickness and sub-slice image thickness, and I(x,y)i is the pixel values at x and y for the sub-slice images, and to perform a scan in accordance with a predefined protocol designating at least one of slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, filming requirement, and image archiving requirement, and further including designations for reconstruction of images from multiple rows of scan data, the reconstructed images having thicknesses varying in accordance with a resolution requirement. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A protocol for defining operations performed by an imaging system, said protocol comprising designations for at least one of slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, filming requirement and image archiving requirement wherein said protocol designates CT angiography and comprises instructions for:
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acquiring a helical scan data set; preprocessing raw scan data; reconstructing sets of images, prospectively; and displaying images.
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24. A multislice imaging system programmed to execute a scan in accordance with a protocol, said protocol comprising designations for at least one of slice thickness, image reconstruction filter, display method, filming requirement and image archiving requirement wherein said protocol designates CT angiography and comprises instructions for:
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acquiring a helical scan data set; preprocessing raw scan data; reconstructing sets of images, prospectively; and displaying images.
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- 25. A multislice imaging system programmed to generate an image in accordance with
- space="preserve" listing-type="equation">I(x,y).sub.s =Σ
W.sub.i *I(x,y).sub.i
where I(x,y)s is the resulted image pixel values at location x and y, Wi is the weighting factor determined by the final image slice thickness and sub-slice image thickness, and I(x,y)i is the pixel values at x and y for the sub-slice images, and wherein said protocol designates CT angiography and comprises instructions for; acquiring a helical scan data set; preprocessing raw scan data; reconstructing sets of images, prospectively; and displaying images. - space="preserve" listing-type="equation">I(x,y).sub.s =Σ
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