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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Detlef Mentrup, Hamburg, DE;
Hanns-Ingo Maack, Norderstedt, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for signal compensation in medical X-ray images. The device () comprises a generation module () configured to generate an X-ray ghosting image based on an X-ray detector read-out subsequent to a last X-ray exposure of a plurality of X-ray exposures; a scaling module () configured to scale the X-ray ghosting image into a scaled X-ray ghosting image; and a subtraction module () configured to subtract the scaled X-ray ghosting image from any subsequent X-ray image recorded during a respective subsequent X-ray exposure of the plurality of X-ray exposures.