SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT VIA PRE-SHOT PROCESSING
FIG6 is a flow chart of yet another embodiment of the method for imaging an object via pre-shot processing of FIG2, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention 
Illustrated in FIG6 is yet another embodiment of the method 150 for imaging an object 12 via pre-shot processing. The method 150 includes acquiring 152 at least one pre-shot image using a first energy spectrum; acquiring 154 one or more diagnostic images via a second energy spectrum lower than the first energy spectrum; and/or generating 156 a material-equivalent image, e.g., a water image, a fat image, and/ or a protein image, based at least in part on the one or more pre-shot images and the diagnostic images. For example, in embodiments, the material-equivalent image may be a water-equivalent image 158, a fat-equivalent image 160, and/or a protein-equivalent image 162. The first energy spectrum used to acquire 152 the one or more pre-shot images may be between about thirty-five (35) keV to about fifty (50) keV, and the second energy spectrum used to acquire 154 the one or more diagnostic images may be between about ten (10) keV to about thirty-five (35) keV.
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3CB decomposition algorithm/model
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acquiring acquired
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fat-equivalent image
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water-equivalent image
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generation
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protein-equivalent image
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method
['1. A system 10 for imaging an object 12 via pre-shot processing, the system 10 comprising: an imaging device 14 operative to image the object 12; a controller 16 in electronic communication with the imaging device 14 and operative to: acquire 62 at least one pre-shot image 18 of the object 12 via the imaging device 14; and generate 63, based at least in part on the at least one pre-shot image 18, an indicator 20, 22 that corresponds to a likelihood that one or more diagnostic images of the object 12 acquired 24 via the imaging device 14 will be medically deficient.', '11. A method 60 for imaging an object 12 via pre-shot processing, the method 60 comprising: acquiring 62 at least one pre-shot image 18 of the object 12 via an imaging device 14; and generating 63, via a controller 16 and based at least in part on the at least one pre-shot image 18, an indicator 20, 22 that corresponds to a likelihood that one or more diagnostic images of the object acquired 24 via the imaging device 14 will be medically deficient.']