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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Elekta Ab (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
University Health Network, Toronto, CA;
Marcus Hennix, Huddinge, SE;
Hakan Nordstrom, Sollentuna, SE;
Markus Eriksson, Gustavsberg, SE;
Jonas Adler, Solna, SE;
David Jaffray, Etobicoke, CA;
Gregory Bootsma, Toronto, CA;
Frank Verhaegen, Riemst, BE;
Bjorn Nutti, Solna, SE;
Elekta AB (publ), Stockholm, SE;
University Health Network, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
Embodiments disclose a method performed by at least one processor for processing a plurality of x-ray projection images of a subject, the method comprising a plurality of operations including reconstructing the projection images to yield a volume reconstruction; segmenting the reconstructed volume by assigning a material type to each voxel; estimating a first set of scatter images corresponding to a subset of the projection images by calculating probabilistic predictions of interactions of x-rays with the subject and applying a low pass spatial filter to the scatter images; estimating a second set of scatter images corresponding to projection images not included in the subset, based on the first set of scatter images; and subtracting, for each projection image, the corresponding scatter image to yield a corrected projection image. Applying the plurality of operations of the method in an iterative process on graphics-processor-quality computational hardware enables real-time scatter correction and reconstruction of CT volume images.