Patent Document ID: 6115487
Application ID: 09004397
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for correcting an image having dense object-induced spectral artifacts generated using data collected in a computed tomography system, said method comprising the steps of: (a) reconstructing an image BWEQ of a calibration object; (b) reconstructing an image WEQ of a water equivalent cylinder having about a same diameter as the calibration object; (c) generating a ratio of images BWEQ and WEQ; (d) extracting a region of interest by multiplying the generated ratio by a function II(r) to obtain a calibration pattern CP; (e) averaging the calibration pattern in azimuth to obtain a calibration vector; (f) removing low frequency components from the vector; (g) multiplying the result of step (f) by a CT number scale factor (ctscale) and an apodizing window Aw(r) to generate a calibration error vector CEV representative of an image error introduced by the non-corrected dense object-induced artifact.