{
  "patent_number": "US 10307129",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Fixing Blurry Tomography Scans from Patient Movement",
  "original_title": "Apparatus and method for reconstructing tomography images using motion information",
  "summary": "This patent describes a method for creating clearer 3D medical scans by using two different X-ray scans to detect and correct for patient movement during the imaging process.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a tomography apparatus that creates sharper 3D images by accounting for patient movement. It works by taking two separate X-ray scans of an object, like a patient, using X-ray generators that emit different energy levels and rotate over different angular ranges (Claim 1). From these two images, the system determines how much the object moved over time, called \"motion information\" (Claim 1). Then, it uses this motion information to reconstruct a final, clear image of the object as it looked at a specific moment, effectively removing blur caused by movement (Claim 1). For example, if a patient slightly shifts during a CT scan, this technology can identify that movement and adjust the final image to compensate.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover tomography systems that use only a single X-ray generator to acquire all data for motion detection and correction.",
    "Does not cover systems that determine motion information without comparing two distinct images acquired with different X-ray energies or angular ranges.",
    "Does not cover methods that correct for motion by physically restraining the object rather than computationally adjusting the image data.",
    "Does not cover tomography where the X-ray generators rotate over a full 360 degrees for each image acquisition used for motion detection.",
    "Does not cover systems that only detect object motion but do not then use that motion information to reconstruct a target image."
  ],
  "filed": "2016-08-04",
  "granted": "2019-06-04",
  "expires": "2036-08-04",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Samsung Electronics Co",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/samsung-electronics-co",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Toshihiro Rifu",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/toshihiro-rifu"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kyoung-Yong Lee",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/kyoung-yong-lee"
    },
    {
      "name": "Duhgoon Lee",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/duhgoon-lee"
    },
    {
      "name": "Do-il KIM",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/do-il-kim"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 2,
  "tags": [
    "medical_devices",
    "software",
    "semiconductors"
  ],
  "abstract": "Provided is a tomography apparatus including: a data acquisitor configured to obtain a first image by using tomography data acquired as a first X-ray generator for generating X-rays having a first energy rotates around an object over a first angular range and obtain a second image by using tomography data acquired as a second X-ray generator for generating X-rays having a second energy rotates around the object over a second angular range; a controller configured to acquire motion information representing an amount of motion of the object over time by using the first and second images; and an image reconstructor configured to reconstruct a target image showing the object at a target time point by using the motion information.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10307129/apparatus-and-method-for-reconstructing-tomography-images-using-motion-informati",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10307129/apparatus-and-method-for-reconstructing-tomography-images-using-motion-informati/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10307129",
  "relatedPatents": []
}