System and method for an adaptive morphology x-ray beam in an x-ray system
First Claim
1. An x-ray imaging system using spatial modulation of an x-ray beam, said system including:
- an x-ray source transmitting said beam towards an object to be imaged, said x-ray source generating said beam so that said beam includes a plurality of x-ray intensities varying spatially and temporally and based on at least a beam intensity signal;
an x-ray detector receiving said beam after an interaction between said beam and said object, said detector measuring a plurality of residual intensities of said beam and producing a residual image signal based on at least said residual intensities;
a beam processor creating said beam intensity signal based on at least one of a previous beam intensity signal, said residual intensities, a region of interest in said object, and anticipated object motion; and
an image processor producing an output image signal, said output image signal based on one or more of said residual image signal and said beam intensity signal.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for an x-ray system and method using dynamic automated spatial modulation of an x-ray beam. The system includes an x-ray source transmitting a spatially modulated beam towards an object to be imaged, an x-ray detector receiving the beam and measuring a plurality of intensities across the beam, a beam processor controlling the beam intensity profile, and an image processor producing an output image signal. The detector produces a residual image based on at least the intensities measured at the detector. The beam intensity profile may be based on at least some of the following: (a) the residual image from the x-ray detector, (b) current beam intensities, (c) regions on interest in the image, and (d) predicted or measured object motion in the image. The system'"'"'s output image is based on one or more of said residual image and said beam intensity signal.
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48 Claims
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1. An x-ray imaging system using spatial modulation of an x-ray beam, said system including:
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an x-ray source transmitting said beam towards an object to be imaged, said x-ray source generating said beam so that said beam includes a plurality of x-ray intensities varying spatially and temporally and based on at least a beam intensity signal; an x-ray detector receiving said beam after an interaction between said beam and said object, said detector measuring a plurality of residual intensities of said beam and producing a residual image signal based on at least said residual intensities; a beam processor creating said beam intensity signal based on at least one of a previous beam intensity signal, said residual intensities, a region of interest in said object, and anticipated object motion; and an image processor producing an output image signal, said output image signal based on one or more of said residual image signal and said beam intensity signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for x-ray imaging with spatial modulation of an x-ray beam, said method including:
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transmitting said beam towards an object to be imaged, an x-ray intensity field of said beam varying across said beam, said intensity field based on at least a beam intensity signal; receiving said beam at an x-ray detector; measuring a plurality of intensities of said beam at said detector; creating a residual image signal based on at least said intensities measured at said detector; and producing an output image signal, said output image signal based on one or more of said residual image signal and said beam intensity signal, wherein said beam intensity signal is based on one or more of a predicted information density and said intensities measured at said detector. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for creating an x-ray image using spatial modulation of an x-ray beam, said system including:
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an x-ray source producing said beam toward an object to be image, wherein said object includes at least one predicted information density, said predicted information density including at least one of a radiographic thickness, a region of interest, and a region of object motion, said beam including a field of continually varying x-ray intensities; an object to be imaged including at least one predicted information densities, said predicted information density including at least one of a radiographic thickness, a region of interest, and a region of object motion; a detector creating a residual image based on at least x-ray intensities of said beam received at said detector and attenuated by one or more of said object and said predicted information density; and a beam processing unit examining said residual image in order to determine at least one modification to said field of continually varying x-ray intensities transmitted in at least one subsequent beam transmitted by said source. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An imaging system, comprising:
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a source transmitting a beam of energy toward an object to be imaged; a detector receiving a residual beam of the beam of energy after it passes through the object wherein said detector measures beam intensities in the residual beam; and a beam processor receiving data related to the beam intensities and communicating a beam intensity signal to said source, wherein said source alters and spatially modulates the beam of energy according to the beam intensity signal. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. The imaging system comprising:
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a source transmitting a beam of energy toward an object to be imaged; a detector receiving a residual beam of the beam of energy after it passes through the object wherein said detector measures beam intensities in the residual beam; and a beam processor receiving data related to the beam intensities and communicating a beam intensity signal to said source, wherein said source alters and spatially modulates the beam of energy according to the beam intensity signal, and wherein said source alters the beam of energy by moving a narrow beam back and forth in a raster pattern over particular areas of the object while varying the beam'"'"'s intensity temporally.
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37. An imaging method, comprising:
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transmitting a beam of energy toward an object to be imaged with a source; measuring beam intensities in a residual beam; receiving data related to the beam intensities; communicating a beam intensity signal to the source, and spatially modulating the beam of energy based on said communicating. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system for creating an x-ray image using spatial modulation of an x-ray beam, said system including:
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a beam processing unit examining a residual image in order to determine at least one modification to a field of varying x-ray intensities transmitted in at least one subsequent x-ray beam transmitted by an x-ray source, the x-ray source generating said beam so that said beam includes a plurality of x-ray intensities varying spatially and temporally, wherein said x-ray source produces said subsequent x-ray beam towards an object to be imaged, said object including at least one predicted information density that includes at least one of a radiographic thickness, a region of interest, and a region of object motion, wherein said residual image is created by an x-ray detector and is based on at least x-ray intensities of an x-ray beam received at said detector previous to said subsequent x-ray beam and attenuated by one or more of said object and said predicted information density. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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