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Energy weighting of photon counts for conventional imaging

US12073491B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Heiner Daerr · Hamburg, DE
ARTUR SOSSIN · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2019
Grant date	Aug 27, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/10116
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A System for image processing, comprising an input interface (IN) for receiving energy resolved count data generated by a photon-counting detector (PCD) with at least 2 energy bin but preferable more than two. A count data transformer (DT) of the system is configured to perform a transformation operation to transform the energy resolved count data into transformed count data, the operation including applying one or more weights to the count data, the weights previously obtained based on i) calibration image data for the or a photon-counting detector and ii) calibration image data for an energy integrating detector. A data convertor component (CC) is configured to convert the transformed count data into through-material path length data. The system allows emulating an energy integrating detector.

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