Patent ID: 11935231
Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for improving quality of a medical image of a subject, the method comprising:
a) acquiring a first image with a first image acquisition sequence, wherein the first image is acquired with zero contrast agent dose administered to the subject;
b) acquiring a second image with a second image acquisition sequence distinct from the first image acquisition sequence, wherein the first image and the second image are acquired using a common imaging modality, wherein the second image is acquired with zero contrast agent dose administered to the subject;
c) processing the first image and the second image to adjust for acquisition and scaling differences; and
d) applying the first image and the second image as input to a deep learning network (DLN) to generate as output of the DLN an image of the subject with an enhanced quality.