Artifact reduction system and method for radiological imaging system

A computer-implemented method for processing X-ray image data comprising:

• exposing a digital detector to X-ray radiation;
• enabling rows of the detector;
• reading first data from the detector including X-ray image data and data resulting from electromagnetic interference;
• disabling the rows of the detector;
• acquiring second data from the detector including data resulting from electromagnetic interference but not X-ray image data;
• estimating the electromagnetic interference based upon at least the second data;
• and
• correcting the first data based upon characterized electromagnetic interference.

An imaging system comprising:

• an X-ray source,
• a digital detector;
• control circuitry configured to acquire first data via a digital detector including X-ray image data and data resulting from electromagnetic interference, and to acquire second data via the digital detector including data resulting from electromagnetic interference but not X-ray image data, wherein the control circuitry is also configured to enable detector rows for readout during acquisition of the first data, and to disable the detector rows for readout during acquisition of the second data;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to estimate the electromagnetic interference based upon at least the second data, and to correct the first data based upon characterized electromagnetic interference.