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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Edgar Kraft, Forchheim, DE;
Inventor:
Edgar Kraft, Forchheim, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 9/004 (2013.01); G06K 9/624 (2013.01); G06T 9/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/003 (2013.01); G06T 2211/408 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for reducing and compressing raw detector data to be transmitted of a quanta-counting detector. Count patterns are determined in the raw detector data, encoded with a reduced bit depth by comparison with the raw detector data, and the encoded count patterns are transmitted and decoded following the transmission. A data transmission path between a quanta-counting detector and a computer system is further disclosed, wherein program segments/modules are provided, which execute the afore-cited method steps during operation. Further, a CT system including such a data transmission path is also disclosed.