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Artifact correction for highly attenuating objects

  • US 6,035,012 A
  • Filed: 05/14/1998
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of correcting for artifacts caused by highly attenuating objects in image data, the image data collected in a computed tomography system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • determining an attenuation characteristic for each highly attenuating material of the highly attenuating objects;

    identifying the highly attenuating objects in the image; and

    generating error-only image data for each highly attenuating object.

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