Patent ID: 9153039
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for encoding data of a quanta-counting detector including a plurality of detector pixels of a detector, each subdivided into several sub detector pixels, and per sub detector pixel, at least two different energy thresholds being usable to resolve energy of the counting incident quanta, the method comprising: detecting a number of incident quanta per sub detector pixel per energy range, wherein count patterns appear across at least one of the sub detector pixels, information content of the count patterns containing systematic information structures; encoding at least one of the count patterns with a bit depth, reduced by comparison with the raw detector data, the encoding including use of properties of an energy spectrum of the energy range and intrinsic properties of the detector, and the encoded at least one of the count patterns including energy distribution patterns; and transmitting the encoded at least one count pattern, the at least one count pattern being determinable following the transmission.