Systems and methods for generating two-dimensional images from projection data
US9689812B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20216
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for generating a two-dimensional image of an object using a CT scanner is provided. The method includes selecting an imaging surface for the object, the imaging surface including a plurality of pixels, selecting a viewing direction that is non-parallel to the imaging surface, rotating an x-ray source of the CT scanner around the object through a plurality of views, wherein the x-ray source projects x-rays towards a detector array opposite the x-ray source. For each pixel of the plurality of pixels, the method includes acquiring using the detector array, from the plurality of views, data values for x-rays that pass through the pixel and are within a pre-determined angle from parallel to the viewing direction, and combining the data values acquired for the pixel to calculate a final value for the pixel. The method further includes generating the two-dimensional image of the object based on the calculated final values for each pixel.
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