Method and system of CT data correction

Details Method and system of CT data correction Method and system of CT data correction

2007-10-16

2007-10-16

Ho, Allen C. (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Specific application

Computerized tomography

C378S007000, C378S207000, C378S901000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11627121

ABSTRACT:
An adaptive CT data acquisition system and technique is presented whereby radiation emitted for CT data acquisition is dynamically controlled to limit exposure to those detectors of a CT detector assembly that may be particularly susceptible to saturation during a given data acquisition. The data acquisition technique recognizes that for a given subject size and position that pre-subject filtering and collimating of a radiation beam may be insufficient to completely prevent detector saturation. Therefore, the present invention includes implementation of a number of CT data correction techniques for correcting otherwise unusable data of a saturated CT detector. These data correction techniques include a nearest neighbor correction, off-centered phantom correction, off-centered synthetic data correction, scout data correction, planar radiogram correction, and a number of others. The invention is applicable with energy discriminating CT systems as well as with conventional CT systems and other multi-energy CT systems, such as dual kVp-based systems.

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