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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Burkhard Groh, Chicago, IL (US);
Volker Heer, Gundelsheim, DE;
Mathias Hörnig, Erlangen, DE;
Bernhard Sandkamp, Erlangen, DE;
Burkhard Groh, Chicago, IL (US);
Volker Heer, Gundelsheim, DE;
Mathias Hörnig, Erlangen, DE;
Bernhard Sandkamp, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
For noise correction in connection with a flat-panel x-ray detector, noise signals of a dark reference area are checked for deviations exceeding a specified threshold which, if any are present, will be taken into consideration separately for calculating the correction factor derived from the noise signal. Image artifacts due, for example, to high-contrast objects such as, for instance, cardiac pacemakers or metallic implants, in the x-ray image will be avoided through this measure.