Patent ID: 11954769
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method for reconstructing an image of an object, comprising:
providing projection data of the object, wherein the projection data has been acquired by a computed tomography (CT) system, wherein the projection data comprises scout scan projection data acquired during a scout scan of the object and diagnostic projection data acquired during a diagnostic scan of the object;
generating a base image based on the projection data;
modifying the base image to generate a modified image, wherein modified image values are assigned to voxels of the base image based on image values of the voxels; and
reconstructing an image of the object, wherein the image is reconstructed based on the projection data, comprising the scout scan projection data and the diagnostic scan projection data, using an iterative reconstruction algorithm that uses the modified image as a start image for an iterative reconstruction, wherein during the iterative reconstruction the scout scan projection data receives a lower weight than the diagnostic projection data.