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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Volker Rasche, Erbach, DE;
Roland Proksa, Hamburg, DE;
Volker Rasche, Erbach, DE;
Roland Proksa, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an imaging system and a method for generating high-quality X-ray projections () of a patient (). The system comprises a rotational X-ray device (), for example a cone-beam CT-gantry (), and an associated data processing unit (). During a medical intervention, low-dose raw projections () of the patient () are continuously generated from different directions. A volume of interest () is then reconstructed from said projections (), from which high-quality virtual projections () can be calculated for a display on a monitor (). The number and direction of said virtual projections () can be arbitrarily chosen by the user.