Methods, apparatus, and software to compensate for failed or degraded components
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1. A method for improving images of an imaging system including a plurality of detector cells, said method comprising:
- assigning a quality factor for each detector cell wherein the quality factor is determined during a calibration process to indicate the “
health status”
of at least one of the plurality of detector cells, the quality factor being assigned a first value when the cell is within specifications, the quality factor being assigned a second value different than the first value when the cell is unresponsive; and
generating a weight function η
m for a plurality of detector cells based on the quality factors of each particular detector cell.
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A method for improving images of an imaging system including a plurality of detector cells includes assigning a quality factor for each detector cell.
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1. A method for improving images of an imaging system including a plurality of detector cells, said method comprising:
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assigning a quality factor for each detector cell wherein the quality factor is determined during a calibration process to indicate the “
health status”
of at least one of the plurality of detector cells, the quality factor being assigned a first value when the cell is within specifications, the quality factor being assigned a second value different than the first value when the cell is unresponsive; andgenerating a weight function η
m for a plurality of detector cells based on the quality factors of each particular detector cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An imaging system comprising:
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a radiation source; a detector array comprising a plurality of cells positioned to receive radiation from said source; and a computer coupled to said detector array;
said computer configured to;obtain from a memory a quality factor for each detector cell wherein the quality factor is determined during a calibration process to indicate the “
health status”
of at least one of the plurality of the detector cells, the quality factor being assigned a first value when the cell is within specifications, the quality factor being assigned a second value different than the first value when the cell is unresponsive;generating a weight function η
m for a plurality detector cells based on the quality factors of each particular detector cell; anduse the quality factors to reconstruct an image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium encoded with a program configured to instruct a computer to assign a quality factor for each of a plurality of detector cells wherein the quality factor is determined during a calibration process to indicate the “
- health status”
of at least one of the plurality of detector cells, the quality factor being assigned a first value when the cell is within specifications, the quality factor being assigned a second value different than the first value when the cell is unresponsive; andgenerating a weight function η
m for a plurality of detector cells based on the quality of each particular detector cell. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
- health status”
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