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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, DE;
Roland Proksa, Neu Wulmstorf, DE;
Alexander André Fingerle, Munich, DE;
Daniela Muenzel, Munich, DE;
Franz Josef Pfeiffer, Unterfohring, DE;
Thomas Koehler, Norderstedt, DE;
Peter Benjamin Theodor Noel, Unterfohring, DE;
Maximilian Von Teuffenbach, Munich, DE;
Julia Herzen, Munich, DE;
Konstantin Willer, Munich, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of a virtual X-ray colonoscopy includes scanning () a dark-field contrast () insufflated colon lumen () with an X-ray scanner () configured for dark-field-contrast, which generates dark-field-contrasted projection data and attenuation projection data. The dark-field-contrasted projection data and the attenuation projection data are reconstructed () into one or more dark-field-contrasted images ().