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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Pengwei Wu, Baltimore, MD (US);
Niral M. Sheth, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bjoern W. Kreher, Erlangen, DE;
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US);
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A system and method for metal artifact avoidance in 3D x-ray imaging is provided. The method includes determining a 3D location of metal in an object or volume of interest to be scanned; estimating a source-detector orbit that will reduce the severity of metal artifacts; moving an imaging system to locations consistent with the source-detector orbit that was estimated; and scanning the object according to the source-detector orbit.