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    • 1. 发明公开
    • FEATURE SUPPRESSION IN DARK FIELD OR PHASE CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING
    • EP3452982A1
    • 2019-03-13
    • EP17725187.3
    • 2017-05-04
    • Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    • MAACK, Hanns-Ingo
    • G06T5/00A61B6/00G06T5/50
    • G06T5/001A61B6/463A61B6/484A61B6/50A61B6/5235G06T3/0068G06T5/50G06T7/33G06T7/74G06T2207/10116G06T2207/20056G06T2207/30004G06T2207/30008G06T2207/30012G06T2207/30061
    • The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for feature suppression in dark field or phase contrast X-ray imaging. The apparatus comprises an input unit (20), a processing unit (30) and an output unit (40). The input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with an X-ray attenuation image of a region of interest of an object. The input unit is also configured to provide the processing unit with a dark field or phase contrast X-ray image of the region of interest of the object. The processing unit is further configured to identify a first feature in the X-ray attenuation image; to identify a second anatomical feature in the X-ray attenuation image; and to identify the second anatomical feature in the dark field or phase contrast X-ray image. The first feature is an obscuring anatomical feature depicted in the X-ray attenuation image with higher contrast than in the dark field or phase contrast X-ray image. The processing unit is also further configured to register the dark field or phase contrast X-ray image to the X-ray attenuation image based on the identified second anatomical feature. The processing unit is configured to determine a location of the first feature in the X-ray attenuation image; and to locate the first feature in the dark field or phase contrast X-ray image comprising utilization of information relating to the first feature identified in the X-ray attenuation image by transferring the determined location to the dark field or phase contrast X-ray image. The processing unit is still further configured to suppress the first feature in the dark field or phase contrast X-ray image to generate a feature suppressed dark field or phase contrast X-ray image. And the output unit is configured to output data representative of the feature suppressed dark field or phase contrast X-ray image.