Method and apparatus for transmitting information about a target object between a prescanner and a CT scanner
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing contents of an item comprising acts of:
- prescanning the item using an X-ray device to determine first information indicative of a location of a target object;
performing a computed tomography scan of a plane intersecting the target object to determine second information indicative of density characteristics of the target object; and
transmitting the second information to a processor to determine whether to modify the first information.
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Abstract
A method or apparatus for analyzing an object includes an X-ray prescanner that performs a prescan of the object to determine prescan information about the object. Then, a CT scanner performs a CT scan on at least one plane of the object based on the prescan information to determine CT information. In one embodiment, if the CT scan of the object includes or is in the vicinity of metal, then metal artifact correction of a reconstructed image from the CT scan is performed based on the prescan information. In another embodiment, a processor analyzes the CT information and the prescan information to determine whether to update the prescan information based on the CT information
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11 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing contents of an item comprising acts of:
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prescanning the item using an X-ray device to determine first information indicative of a location of a target object;
performing a computed tomography scan of a plane intersecting the target object to determine second information indicative of density characteristics of the target object; and
transmitting the second information to a processor to determine whether to modify the first information. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An apparatus for analyzing an object, the apparatus comprising:
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an X-ray device that prescans the object; and
a computed tomography device that scans selected areas of the object;
wherein information indicative of density characteristics of the object are transmitted from the computed tomography device to the X-ray device. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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prescanning an item using a multiple energy X-ray device to determine first information;
transmitting the first information to a computed tomography device;
performing a computed tomography scan on a plane of the item using the computed tomography device based on the first information to determine second information; and
transmitting the second information to the multiple energy X-ray device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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