X-RAY DOSE ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving information generated by an X-ray detector related to detected X-rays of an X-ray beam that have passed through an object;
estimating a first energy interaction with a first portion of the object based on an intensity profile of the detected X-rays of the X-ray beam;
estimating a remaining energy in the X-ray beam after passing through the first portion of the object;
estimating a second energy interaction with a second portion of the object adjacent to the first portion of the object, wherein the X-ray beam passes through the first portion before the second portion, based on the remaining energy;
determining a first estimated dose value for the first portion based at least in part on the first energy interaction and the mass of the first portion of the object; and
determining a second estimated dose value for the second portion based at least in part on the second energy interaction and the mass of the second portion of the object.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to projection-based volumetric dose estimation for X-ray systems, such as X-ray imaging systems. For example, in one embodiment, an X-ray system is capable of estimating an X-ray dose based on an energy interaction of the X-rays with respective portions of an object. In another embodiment, the X-ray dose estimate may be provided on a per voxel, per region, and/or per organ basis.
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1. A method, comprising:
using a processor; receiving information generated by an X-ray detector related to detected X-rays of an X-ray beam that have passed through an object; estimating a first energy interaction with a first portion of the object based on an intensity profile of the detected X-rays of the X-ray beam; estimating a remaining energy in the X-ray beam after passing through the first portion of the object; estimating a second energy interaction with a second portion of the object adjacent to the first portion of the object, wherein the X-ray beam passes through the first portion before the second portion, based on the remaining energy; determining a first estimated dose value for the first portion based at least in part on the first energy interaction and the mass of the first portion of the object; and determining a second estimated dose value for the second portion based at least in part on the second energy interaction and the mass of the second portion of the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An X-ray system comprising:
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an X-ray source configured to generate an X-ray beam through a plurality of projection lines; a detector configured to detect X-rays of the X-ray beam that pass through an object for each respective projection line; and a processor coupled to the detector and configured to receive information generated by the detector related to the detected X-rays, and wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions for; dividing the object into a plurality of respective volumes; determining an intensity profile of the detected X-rays that pass through each respective volume for each respective projection line; determining an attenuation profile of the detected X-rays that pass through each respective volume for each respective projection line; estimating an energy interaction for each respective volume based on the intensity profile for each respective projection line; estimating a mass for each respective volume of the object based on at least one attenuation profile; determining an estimated dose value for the object based at least in part on the energy interaction with each respective volume of the object for each respective projection line and the mass of each respective volume of the object. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An X-ray system, comprising:
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a processor configured to receive information generated by an X-ray detector related to X-rays that have passed through an individual volume of an object, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions for; determining an intensity profile of the detected X-rays that pass through the volume of the object; estimating an energy interaction with the volume of the object based on the intensity profile; and determining a remaining energy in the X-ray beam after the energy interaction. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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