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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Koehler, Norderstedt, DE;
Axel Thran, Hamburg, DE;
Frank Bergner, Hamburg, DE;
Bernhard Johannes Brendel, Norderstedt, DE;
Rolf Dieter Bippus, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an image generation apparatus () for generating an image of an object. A reconstruction unit () reconstructs the image based on provided measured projection values such that costs defined by a cost function are reduced, wherein the cost function depends on differences between calculated projection values, which have been determined by simulating a forward projection through the image, and the provided measured projection values, and wherein a degree of dependence of the cost function on a respective difference depends on the respective difference. This can allow for a consideration of a degree of disturbance of the measured projection values by motion and/or by an incomplete illumination of the object during the reconstruction process, which can lead to a reconstruction of an image having an improved image quality.