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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Philips Deutschland Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Hanns-Ingo Maack, Norderstedt, DE;
Christoph Kurze, Hamburg, DE;
Jens Von Berg, Hamburg, DE;
André Goossen, Radbruch, DE;
Claire Levrier, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Raoul Florent, Ville D'Avray, FR;
Liesbet Hilde Hadewijch Roose, Hamburg, DE;
Dirk Manke, Hamburg, DE;
Marc Hensel, Bad Oldesloe, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An X-ray apparatus for image acquisition and a related method. The apparatus comprises a field-of-view corrector (CS) configured to receive a scout image (SI) acquired by the imager with a tentative collimator setting in a pre-shot imaging phase where said imager operates with a low dosage radiation cone causing the detector to register the scout image. The low dosage cone has, in the detector's image plane, a first cross section smaller than the total area of the detector surface. The field-of-view corrector (CS) uses said scout image to establish field-of-view correction information for a subsequent imaging phase where the imager is to operate with a high dosage radiation cone, the high dosage higher than the low dosage.