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US 12,343,190 · App. 18/366,656 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Systems and methods for image generation

Inventors: Zhicong Yu (Houston, TX); Yuan Bao (Shanghai, CN); Dajun Wang (Shanghai, CN); Alexander Zamyatin (Houston, TX)
Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
A61B6/5205A61B6/032G06T11/006G06T11/008
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Patent No.
US 12,343,190
App. No.
18/366,656
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for image generation. The methods may include obtaining projection data generated by a scanner; generating, based on a first weighting function, a first image by back-projecting the projection data, the first image having a first region corresponding to a first part of the object; generating, based on a second weighting function, a second image by back-projecting the projection data, the second image having a second region corresponding to the first part of the object, the second region of the second image presenting a better CT number uniformity than the first region of the first image; and generating a third image based on the first image and the second image.

Claims (50)

1. A system, comprising:

at least one storage device including a set of instructions; and

at least one processor in communication with the at least one storage device, wherein when executing the instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the system to perform operations including:

obtaining projection data of an object;

generating, based on a first weighting function and the projection data, a first image corresponding to the object;

generating, based on a second weighting function and the projection data, a second image corresponding to the object, wherein the second image presents a different feature from the first image; and

generating a third image of the object based on the first image and the second image.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes a CT number uniformity or an image uniformity.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes a clarity of an anatomical structure of the object.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes a contrast of the object.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes a noise level.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes a degree of artifact suppression.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes high frequency components.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes low frequency components.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the feature includes an amount of artifacts.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the projection data is generated by a scanner via scanning the object which is located in a scanning region of the scanner.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein

the scanning region of the scanner includes a first scanning region and a second scanning region,

the first weighting function includes a first weighting factor and a second weighting factor different from the first weighting factor,

the first weighting factor relating to a first angle range of the first scanning region, and

the second weighting factor relating to a second angle range of the second scanning region.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein

the first weighting factor is assigned to a first part of the projection data corresponding to the first scanning region; and

the second weighting factor is assigned to a second part of the projection data corresponding to the second scanning region.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein

the first scanning region is a corner part of the scanning region and the first part of the projection data is generated from a first set of radiation beams of the scanner that pass through a first corner part of the object; and

the second scanning region is a center part of the scanning region and the second part of the projection data is generated from a second set of radiation beams of the scanner that pass through a center part of the object.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein

the scanning region of the scanner includes a third scanning region and a fourth scanning region,

the second weighting function includes a third weighting factor and a fourth weighting factor different from the third weighting factor,

the third weighting factor relating to a third angle range of the third scanning region, and

the fourth weighting factor relating to a fourth angle range of the fourth scanning region.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein

the third weighting factor is assigned to a third part of the projection data corresponding to the third scanning region in which a second corner part of the object is located; and

the fourth weighting factor is assigned to a fourth part of the projection data corresponding to the fourth scanning region in which a center part of the object is located.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first image and the second image are generated based on the projection data in parallel.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the generating the third image includes:

generating a difference image of the first image and the second image; and

determining the third image based on the difference image and the first image.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein the projection data is generated by scanning the object along a circular trajectory covering an angle range of 360°.

19. A method for image generation implemented on at least one machine each of which includes at least one processor and at least one storage device, the method comprising:

obtaining projection data of an object;

generating, based on a first weighting function and the projection data, a first image corresponding to the object, wherein the first image includes a first region corresponding to at least a part of the object;

generating, based on a second weighting function and the projection data, a second image corresponding to the object, wherein the second image includes a second region corresponding to the at least part of the object, and the second region of the second image presenting a different feature from the first region of the first image; and

generating a third image of the object based on the first image and the second image.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program product, the computer program product comprising instructions configured to cause a computing device to perform operations including:

obtaining projection data of an object;

generating, based on a first weighting function and the projection data, a first image corresponding to the object, wherein the first image includes a first region corresponding to at least a part of the object;

generating, based on a second weighting function and the projection data, a second image corresponding to the object, wherein the second image includes a second region corresponding to the at least part of the object, and the second region of the second image presenting a different feature from the first region of the first image; and

generating a third image of the object based on the first image and the second image.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: YU, ZHICONG
To: UIH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 064790/0309 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: BAO, YUAN; WANG, DAJUN
To: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064790/0320 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: UIH AMERICA, INC.
To: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064790/0329 →
EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: ZAMYATIN, ALEXANDER
To: UIH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 064805/0070 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 17215114 · Mar 29, 2021
Continuation 16236595 · Dec 30, 2018
Continuation PCTCN2018107614 · Sep 26, 2018
Related Publication 20230397899A1 · Dec 14, 2023
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