Beam hardening post-processing method and X-ray CT apparatus

Details Beam hardening post-processing method and X-ray CT apparatus Beam hardening post-processing method and X-ray CT apparatus

2005-09-13

2005-09-13

Bruce, David V (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Specific application

Computerized tomography

C378S019000, C378S901000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06944258

ABSTRACT:
A beam hardening post-processing method that can improve the accuracy of channel-by-channel correction on a BH effect easily and yet taking a non-linear effect into account, phantoms of different diameters are disposed at a position offset from an imaging center to acquire projection information having a transmission length of an X-ray beam varying from view to view, hence, acquire projection information having a projection information value varying from view to view, for each channel, correction factors are determined, and a corrective function containing even a non-linear effect is determined by higher-order function fitting from the correction factors; and therefore, correction with high accuracy can be achieved in the channel-by-channel correction on the projection information values conducted after BH correction, and moreover, correction with high accuracy can be achieved using a smaller amount of phantom projection information, thus reducing the time for calibration work.

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