General Electric Company
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAILORED IMAGE TEXTURE IN ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for reconstructing images with a tailored image texture. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring projection data, and reconstructing an image from the projection data with a desired image texture. In this way, iterative image reconstruction techniques may be used to substantially reduce image noise, thereby enabling a reduction in injected contrast and/or radiation dose, while preserving an image texture familiar from analytic image reconstruction techniques.