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Extended interior methods and systems for spectral, optical, and photoacoustic imaging

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dc.contributor.assigneeVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.en
dc.contributor.inventorXu, Yong Yaoen
dc.contributor.inventorYang, Lin Wuen
dc.contributor.inventorWang, Geen
dc.contributor.inventorLu, Yangen
dc.contributor.inventorCong, Wenxiangen
dc.contributor.inventorCong, Alexander X.en
dc.contributor.inventorShen, Haiouen
dc.date.accessed2016-08-19en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-24T17:55:20Zen
dc.date.available2016-08-24T17:55:20Zen
dc.date.filed2010-11-12en
dc.date.issued2014-10-14en
dc.description.abstractThe present invention relates to the field of medical imaging. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to methods, systems, and devices for imaging, including for tomography-based applications. Embodiments of the invention include, for example, a computed tomography based imaging system comprising: (a) at least one wide-beam gray-scale imaging chain capable of performing a global scan of an object and acquiring projection data relating to the object; (b) at least one narrow-beam true-color imaging chain capable of performing a spectral interior scan of a region of interest (ROI) of and acquiring projection data relating to the object; (c) a processing module operably configured for: (1) receiving the projection data; (2) reconstructing the ROI into an image by analyzing the data with a color interior tomography algorithm, aided by an individualized gray-scale reconstruction of an entire field of view (FOV), including the ROI; and (d) a processor for executing the processing module. The extended interior methods and systems for spectral, optical, and photoacoustic imaging presented in this application can lead to better medical diagnoses by providing images with higher resolution or quality, and can lead to safer procedures by providing systems capable of reducing a patient's exposure time to, and thus quantity of, potentially harmful x-rays. Embodiments of the invention also provide tools for real-time tomography-based analyses.en
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dc.identifier.applicationnumber12945733en
dc.identifier.patentnumber8862206en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72737en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/06/622/088/0.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen
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dc.titleExtended interior methods and systems for spectral, optical, and photoacoustic imagingen
dc.typePatenten
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dc.type.patenttypeutilityen

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