WO2003067770A3 - Method and apparatus for transmitting information about a target object between a prescanner and a ct scanner - Google Patents

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WO2003067770A3
WO2003067770A3 PCT/US2003/003721 US0303721W WO03067770A3 WO 2003067770 A3 WO2003067770 A3 WO 2003067770A3 US 0303721 W US0303721 W US 0303721W WO 03067770 A3 WO03067770 A3 WO 03067770A3
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Richard F Eilbert
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A method or apparatus for analyzing an object includes an X-ray prescanner (1) that performs a prescan of the object to determine prescan information about the object. Then, a computer tomography (CT) scanner (3) performs a CT scan on at least one plane of the object based on the prescan information to determine CT information. In one embodiment, if the CT scan of the object includes or is in the vicinity of metal, then metal artifact correction of a reconstructed image from the CT scan is performed based on the prescan information. In another embodiment, a processor (5) analyzes the CT information and the prescan information to determine whether to update the prescan information based on the CT information.
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