Patent ID: 7272429
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating a reduction in artifacts, said method comprising: receiving data regarding a scan of an object, the data corresponding to a plurality of sequential projections comprising a first set of projections corresponding to a first energy spectrum and a second set of projections corresponding to a second energy spectrum, the first set of projections interleaved with the second set of projections; reconstructing at least one original first energy image using the data corresponding to the first set of projections; reconstructing at least one original second energy image using the data corresponding to the second set of projections; transforming at least one original first energy image into at least one transformed second energy image; transforming at least one original second energy image into at least one transformed first energy image; combining at least one original first energy image with at least one transformed first energy image to generate at least one combined first energy image; and combining at least one original second energy image with at least one transformed second energy image to generate at least one combined second energy image.