1. A method for correcting an image of an examination object, the method comprising: recording the image; calculating a correction image from the recorded image; and correcting the recorded image to produce a normalized image by multiplying the correction image by the recorded image, wherein when calculating the correction image, the pixels in the vicinity of the imaged examination object are identified using a signal intensity that is lower than a limiting value, and wherein the identified pixels are allocated signal intensities that are a function of the signal intensity of the pixels in the respective neighborhood.