16-06-2016 дата публикации
Номер: US20160166221A1
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Various methods and systems for dual energy spectral computed tomography imaging are provided. In one embodiment, a method for dual energy imaging comprises generating an image from a higher energy dataset and an updated lower energy dataset, wherein the updated lower energy dataset comprises a combination of a lower energy dataset and a pseudo projection dataset generated from the higher energy dataset. In this way, a weak low energy signal may be recovered, thereby enabling image reconstruction in spite of photon starvation and sparse views. 1. A method for dual energy imaging , comprising:generating an image from a higher energy dataset and an updated lower energy dataset, wherein the updated lower energy dataset comprises a combination of a lower energy dataset and a pseudo projection dataset generated from the higher energy dataset.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the pseudo projection dataset from the higher energy dataset comprises:reconstructing an intermediate image from the higher energy dataset;characterizing a high-density material in the intermediate image;generating a forward projection dataset based on the high-density material in the intermediate image; andcombining the forward projection dataset and the higher energy dataset into the pseudo projection dataset.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the pseudo projection dataset from the higher energy dataset further comprises reconstructing a second intermediate image from the lower energy dataset claim 2 , and wherein generating the forward projection dataset is further based on a characterization of the high-density material in the second intermediate image.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the intermediate image is reconstructed using filtered back projection.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pseudo projection dataset is generated directly from the higher energy dataset by scaling the higher energy dataset with a ratio of an attenuation coefficient of a selected material ...
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