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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Michael A. Litzenberger, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter A. Newman, Pittsford, NY (US);
John Yorkston, Penfield, NY (US);
Andrew J. Hartmann, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Baltimore, MD (US);
Douglas M. Csaszar, Webster, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cone beam computed tomography can include a support structure, a scanner assembly coupled to the support structure for controlled movement in at least x, y and z orientations, the scanner assembly can include a DR detector configured to move along at least a portion of a detector path that extends at least partially around a scan volume with a distance D1 that is sufficiently long to allow the scan volume to be positioned within the detector path; a radiation source configured to move along at least a portion of a source path outside the detector path, the source path having a distance D2 greater than the distance D1, the distance D2 being sufficiently long to allow adequate radiation exposure of the scan volume for an image capture by the detector; and a first gap in the detector path.