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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Michael Grass, Buchholz in der Nordheide, DE;
Holger Schmitt, Luetjensee, DE;
Dirk Schafer, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/5241 (2013.01); A61B 6/5264 (2013.01); G06K 9/6201 (2013.01); G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for correcting a CT slice image for an image artifact () caused by the motion of a high attenuation part () in an object () of interest. The CT slice image is based on projection images (). The apparatus and method uses a footprint () of the part in each of the projection images ().