Abstract: The invention relates to a patient data processing system as well as to a corresponding method for the protocol-driven processing of patient data.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of reducing artifacts in object images acquired by means of measurement signals sent by a source through the object onto a detector, which method comprises the steps of: a) adaptively filtering the data signals received by the detector in dependence of the data value; b) processing the data signals to indicate the attenuation of the measurement signals passing through the object; and c) reconstructing an image of the object based on the filtered and processed data signals. The method according to the invention is characterized in that step b) is performed on the adaptively filtered data signals resulting from step a).

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of reducing artifacts in object images acquired by means of measurement signals sent by a source through the object onto a detector, which method comprises the steps of: a) adaptively filtering the data signals received by the detector in dependence of the data value; b) processing the data signals to indicate the attenuation of the measurement signals passing through the object; and c) reconstructing an image of the object based on the filtered and processed data signals. The method according to the invention is characterized in that step b) is performed on the adaptively filtered data signals resulting from step a).

Abstract: The output dose behind the body to be examined in a scanning X-ray examination device is kept constant by controlling the incident dose. As a result, in comparison with known devices an examination can be performed quicker and with a smaller total radiation dose, and a better image of the absorption variations can be obtained.