DETECTION AND COLLECTION OF X-RAY DETECTOR ARTEFACT DATA BY THE ACQUISITION SYSTEM TO SUPPORT FIELD SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The present invention relates to X-ray imaging. In order to improve artefacts management, there is provided an anomaly detection apparatus for identifying disturbance in an X-ray detector image caused by an external source. The anomaly detection apparatus comprises an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured to receive an unexposed image acquired by an X-ray detector and metadata associated with the acquired unexposed image. The processing unit is configured to analyse the received unexposed image to determine whether there is an anomaly in the received unexposed image that is indicative of an image disturbance caused by an external source. In response to the detection of an anomaly that is indicative of an image disturbance caused by an external source, the processing unit is configured to generate a single image anomaly report comprising the received unexposed image in full or data-size-reduced form and the received metadata. The output unit is configured to provide the generated single image anomaly report.

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