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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Kevin Martin Brown, Chardon, OH (US);
Bernhard Johannes Brendel, Norderstedt, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system () includes input/output configured to receive line integrals from a contrast enhanced spectral scan by an imaging system. The system further includes () a processor () configured to: decompose () the line integrals into at least Compton scatter and a photo-electric effect line integrals; reconstruct the Compton scatter and a photo-electric effect line integrals to generate spectral image data, including at least Compton scatter and photo-electric effect images; de-noise () the Compton scatter and photo-electric effect images; identify () residual iodine voxels in the de-noised Compton scatter and the photo-electric effect images corresponding to residual iodine artifact; and produce a virtual non-contrast image using the identified residual iodine voxels.