MULTI-SPECTRAL X-RAY IMAGING USING CONVENTIONAL EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:EP3785636A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-03

    申请号:EP19193702.8

    申请日:2019-08-27

    IPC分类号: A61B6/03 A61B6/04 A61B6/00

    摘要: An X-ray imaging apparatus (XI) including an X-ray source (XS) with a cathode (C) and an anode (A). The source (XS) is to generate an X-radiation beam (XB). An X-ray detector (XD) detects the X-radiation after interaction with an imaged object (OB). The beam (XB) has different spectra on its anode side (AS) and cathode side (CS) caused by the heel effect when the X-ray source (XS) is in operation. -ray imaging apparatus (XI) has a heel-effect-harnessing (HH) mechanism configured to cause a pixel (PX) of the detector (XD) to be alternately exposed to both, the anode side (AS) and the cathode side (CS) of the beam (XB).

    COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROCESSING SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECTRAL CT) DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SPECTRAL CT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP4336452A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-13

    申请号:EP22194797.1

    申请日:2022-09-09

    IPC分类号: G06T11/00

    摘要: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method (1) for processing spectral computed tomography, spectral CT, data. According to the method (1), spectral CT projection data (2) is received. Then, reconstruction (3) and material decomposition (4) is performed on the spectral CT projection data (2) to obtain three-dimensional material data (5). Further, a stack of processed images (7) is generated based on the three-dimensional material data (5). In particular, the stack of processed images (7) may resemble a stack of magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, images. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program and to a corresponding spectral CT system.

    PROVIDING NORMALISED MEDICAL IMAGES
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4246427A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-20

    申请号:EP22161888.7

    申请日:2022-03-14

    IPC分类号: G06T3/00

    摘要: A computer-implemented method of providing normalised medical images (110' 1 .. n ) representing a region of interest (120) in a subject, is provided. The method includes: warping medical images (110 1 .. n ) in a temporal series to an atlas image (130), to provide normalised medical images (110' 1 .. n ) having a warped region of interest (120' 1 .. n ) for comparison with the region of interest (120) in the atlas image (130). The method also includes outputting the normalised medical images (110' 1 .. n ), and/or outputting a magnitude of a change in the warped region of interest (120' 1 .. n ) between the normalised medical images (110' 1 .. n ).

    COMPENSATING FOR DIFFERENCES IN MEDICAL IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:EP4287201A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-06

    申请号:EP22176135.6

    申请日:2022-05-30

    IPC分类号: G16H30/40 G16H50/30

    摘要: A computer-implemented method of compensating for differences in medical images, is provided. The method includes receiving (S110) image data comprising a temporal series of medical images (110 1..i ). The temporal series includes one or more medical images generated by a first type of imaging modality (120), and one or more medical images generated by a second type of imaging modality (130, 130'). The first type of imaging modality is different to the second type of imaging modality. In one aspect, the method includes generating (S120a, S120b), from the temporal series of medical images (110 1..i ), a normalised temporal series of medical images (140 1..i ), and outputting (S130a, S130a', S130b) the normalised temporal series of medical images (140 1..i ) and/or one or more measurement values derived therefrom. In another aspect, the method includes generating (S120a, S120b), from the temporal series of medical images (110 1..i ), one or more normalised measurement values (150 1..j ) representing a region of interest in the temporal series of medical images (110 1..i ), and outputting the normalised measurement value(s) (150 1..j ).