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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Hans-Juergen Mueller, Pretzfeld, DE;
Michael Grasruck, Eckental Forth, DE;
Matthias Berner, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Florian Kiessling, Forchheim, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A method is for correcting an imbalance in a computed tomography system, in which a supporting structure includes a radiation source is fitted on a fixed mounting frame. The supporting structure rotates together with the radiation source about a measurement space, in which is fixed in place a measurement object having a known attenuation response for the radiation emitted by the radiation source. The method includes detecting first measurement data of the radiation while the supporting structure rotates about the measurement object, determining an imbalance arising during the rotation of the supporting structure on the basis of the acquired first measurement data of the radiation, and determining a position and a weight of at least one counterweight on the supporting structure in order to reduce the determined imbalance, or determining correction data, which is used to correct the imbalance in software.