Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Photocell controlled circuit
Reexamination Certificate
2009-02-11
2011-11-15
Le, Que T (Department: 2878)
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Photocell controlled circuit
C250S2140RC
Reexamination Certificate
active
08058601
ABSTRACT:
A computer-implemented method includes causing a computer system to execute instructions for providing a first data set and a second data set, each derived from a common object, providing a first tomographic image object associated with the first data set providing a second tomographic image object associated with the second data set, generating a multimodal pixon map for pixon smoothing on the basis of the first data set, the first tomographic image object, the second data set, and the second tomographic image object, and outputting the multimodal pixon map.
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Vija Alexander Hans
Yahil Amos
Kendall Peter
Le Que T
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
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