SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) VALUE ADJUSTMENT IN A CT SCANNER

    公开(公告)号:US20240169609A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18056305

    申请日:2022-11-17

    IPC分类号: G06T11/00

    CPC分类号: G06T11/005 G06T2210/41

    摘要: Computer processing techniques are described for computed tomography (CT) value adjustment of CT images. According to an example, determining, by a system comprising a processor, an adjustment to a calibration vector used to reconstruct CT scan data into first CT image data, wherein determining the adjustment is based on difference between a current CT value of a region in the first CT image data and a target CT value for the region. The method further comprises modifying, by the system, the calibration vector based on the adjustment, resulting in a modified calibration vector, and reconstructing, by the system, the CT scan data into second CT image data using the modified calibration vector, resulting in the region in the second CT image data comprising the target CT value.

    PHOTON COUNTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (PCCT) DETECTOR SENSOR REPAIR FOR INCREASED SENSOR YIELD

    公开(公告)号:US20230389884A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US17805834

    申请日:2022-06-07

    摘要: Methods and systems are provided for repairing a defective segment of a sensor array of a photon counting detector of a photon counting computed tomography (PCCT) imaging system. In one example, a method for a PCCT imaging system comprises dividing a segment of the sensor array into a plurality of sub-segments, wherein each sub-segment of the plurality of sub-segments is electrically coupled to a readout electronics, the readout electronics configured to calculate a photon count for the segment; generating a total photon count for the divided segment based on combined electrical signals produced at each sub-segment of the divided segment; and reconstructing an image based on the total photon count at the divided segment. A defect detected in the divided segment may be traced to a defective sub-segment, which may be isolated from the readout electronics, thereby increasing a quality of the reconstructed image.

    THERMALLY ADAPTIVE SCAN SEQUENCING FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230229925A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US17648390

    申请日:2022-01-19

    IPC分类号: G06N3/08

    CPC分类号: G06N3/084

    摘要: Systems/techniques that facilitate thermally adaptive scan sequencing for computed tomography scanners are provided. In various embodiments, a system can access a set of scanning protocols performable by a computed tomography scanner. In various aspects, the system can further access a current thermal state of the computed tomography scanner. In various instances, the system can identify, in the set of scanning protocols and based on the current thermal state, a scanning protocol that is predicted to reduce or control thermal stresses experienced by the computed tomography scanner. In various cases, the system can cause the computed tomography scanner to perform the identified scanning protocol.