Patent ID: 7602951
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of scanning a patient using a medical imaging device, said method comprising: acquiring data sets using the medical imaging device, at least one data set representative of the patient; determining a defective cell in a row, n, of a detector of the medical imaging device using the acquired data sets; determining a mode of operation of the medical imaging device, the mode of operation being at least one of a step-and-shoot mode and a helical mode; estimating an output of the defective cell using the determined mode of operation and at least one of a conjugate sample of the defective cell, an adjusted conjugate sample of the defective cell, and an estimate of the output of the defective cell using an output of a corresponding cell in an adjacent row; reconstructing an image of the patient using the estimated output of the defective cell and the at least one data set representative of the patient; and outputting the reconstructed image.