发明名称 IMAGING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT
摘要 The invention relates to an imaging system (17) like a computed tomography system for generating an image of an object. Spectral measured projection data and non-spectral measured projection data are generated by a detector (6) having spectral detection elements and non-spectral detection elements, and spectral estimated projection data are estimated by using a model material distribution which could have caused the non-spectral measured projection data and by simulating a measurement of the spectral estimated projection data based on the model material distribution. An image is reconstructed based on the measured and estimated spectral projection data. Using the spectral estimated projection data in addition to the spectral measured projection data can lead to high quality spectral imaging, especially high quality spectral computed tomography imaging, which uses a simplified detector not only having generally more complex spectral detection elements, but also having simpler non-spectral detection elements.
申请公布号 US2017079605(A1) 申请公布日期 2017.03.23
申请号 US201515312372 申请日期 2015.05.13
申请人 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 发明人 PROKSA Roland;KOEHLER Thomas
分类号 A61B6/00;A61B6/03 主分类号 A61B6/00
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An imaging system for generating an image of an object, the imaging system comprising: a measured projection data providing unit for providing spectral measured projection data and non-spectral measured projection data, wherein the spectral measured projection data and the non-spectral measured projection data have been generated by a detector having spectral detection elements and non-spectral detection elements, respectively, based on radiation having traversed an imaging region including the object, an estimation unit for estimating spectral estimated projection data, which correspond to radiation paths ending at the non-spectral detection elements, wherein for estimating a spectral estimated projection data value for a radiation path ending at a non-spectral detection element the estimation unit is adapted to a) determine a model material distribution within the imaging region, which could have caused a non-spectral measured projection data value that corresponds to the radiation path, based on the non-spectral measured projection data and b) simulate a measurement of the spectral estimated projection data value based on the model material distribution, a reconstruction unit for reconstructing an image of the object based on the spectral measured projection data and the spectral estimated projection data.
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