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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Harald Schöndube, Erlangen, DE;
Karl Stierstorfer, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Harald Schöndube, Erlangen, DE;
Karl Stierstorfer, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/12 (2006.01); H05G 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and computer system are disclosed with software for artifact reduction in CT image datasets for spiral scans from a CT system with an inclined gantry. In at least one embodiment, for each of at least two positions of the center of rotation, which is moved during the spiral scan, the removal of annular artifacts is carried out around these positions, during which the position concerned is used as the center point of the annular artifacts to be removed.