Patent ID: 7092482

Claim:
A method for use in imaging an area of interest of a patient's body, comprising the steps of: transmitting an X-ray beam relative to said area of interest of said patient's body during an exposure period of a radiographic procedure; detecting portions of radiation from said area of interest of said patient's body and providing imaging information based thereon, the detected radiation including a scattered portion and a non-scattered portion; with said patient in an imaging position for said radiographic procedure, measuring at least a first imaging parameter value and a second imaging parameter value; and operating a processor to process said imaging information using said first and second imaging parameter values to generate radiographic image data, estimate first and second parts of the scattered portion of the detected radiation, said first part corresponding to a single scattering occurrence and said second part corresponding to multiple scattering occurrences, and utilize said estimated first and second parts of the scattered portion to adjust the radiographic image data.