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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Thilo Hannemann, Erlangen, DE;
Mario Reinwand, Breitbrunn, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01T 1/17 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/36 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4014 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G01T 1/17 (2013.01); A61B 6/0457 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention relates to the use of the spectral composition of X-ray radiation in addition to the intensity thereof in order to determine the attenuation caused by an object. Another aspect of an embodiment of the invention is a device, particularly a radiation monitor for an X-ray or CT system, which is suitable for performing the aforementioned procedure according to an embodiment of the invention.