1. A computer readable storage medium having a computer program to adaptively control a CT system for reconstructing an image with reduced artifacts caused by a high density object in a scanned region of interest, the computer program representing a set of instructions that when executed by a computer causes the computer to: perform a plurality of x-ray scans at a plurality of tilt angles; acquire a plurality of projection data sets from the plurality of x-ray scans; combine the plurality of projection data sets; and reconstruct a composite image from the combined image data sets.