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Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Tochigi, JP;

Inventors:

Yujie Lu, Vernon Hills, IL (US);

Liang Cai, Vernon Hills, IL (US);

Jian Zhou, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G06T 3/4046 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/005 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G06T 3/4046 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G01N 2223/401 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for scatter estimation in a CT including a detector having multiple detector pixels includes: obtaining projection data by scanning an imaging object; reconstructing image data from the projection data; estimating, based on the projection data, a first scatter distribution; selecting, based on the first scatter distribution, a first subset of the pixels; calculating, based on the projection data and the image data, a second scatter distribution with respect to the selected first subset, the second scatter distribution having higher accuracy than the first scatter distribution; acquiring, based on the second scatter distribution, a third scatter distribution with respect to a second subset of the pixels, the third scatter distribution having higher spatial resolution than the second scatter distribution.


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