Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Noise suppression in the correction of artifacts in CT images
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Application No.: US14956419Application Date: 2015-12-02
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Publication No.: US09720108B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Steffen Kappler
- Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Siemens Aktiengessellschaft
- Current Assignee: Siemens Aktiengessellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: DE102014225399 20141210
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G01T1/24 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
A method is described for correcting a captured macropixel signal of an X-ray detector including a plurality of pixels, combined to form at least one macropixel, to capture discrete signals. A weighted macropixel signal exhibiting improved signal stability but reduced dose efficiency is determined. A variable specifying the relative signal drift of the unweighted macropixel signal compared to the weighted macropixel signal is determined on the basis of the captured macropixel signal and the weighted macropixel signal. In addition, a relative signal drift filtered with respect to time is determined on the basis of the relative signal drift. Finally, a macropixel signal corrected by the time-filtered relative signal drift is determined. A signal capture device is disclosed. Furthermore, an X-ray detector is described which includes the signal capture device according to an embodiment of the invention. A computed tomography system is also described which includes the X-ray detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160171662A1 NOISE SUPPRESSION IN THE CORRECTION OF ARTIFACTS IN CT IMAGES Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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