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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Thomas L. Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Naveen Chandra, Kenosha, WI (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Thomas L. Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Naveen Chandra, Kenosha, WI (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A CT system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening for receiving an object to be scanned, and a controller configured to obtain kVp projection data at a first kVp, obtain kVp projection data at a second kVp, extract data from the kVp projection data obtained at the second kVp, add the extracted data to the kVp projection data obtained at the first kVp to generate mitigated projection data at the first kVp, and generate an image using the mitigated projection data at the first kVp and using the projection data obtained at the second kVp.