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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jianping Lu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jing Shan, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yueh Lee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Otto Z. Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jabari Calliste, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Christina Inscoe, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Pavel Chtcheprov, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew Tucker, Cary, NC (US);
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and related methods for stationary digital chest tomosynthesis (s-DCT) imaging are disclosed. In some aspects, systems include a stationary x-ray source array with an array of x-ray pixels configured to generate x-ray beams at different viewing angles relative to a subject to be imaged that is stationary, a stationary area x-ray detector configured to record x-ray projection images of the subject, a physiological gating apparatus for monitoring at least one physiological signal of the subject and defining a physiological phase and a time window based on the at least one physiological signal, and a computing platform configured to activate the x-ray pixels based on the physiological phase and the time window and upon receipt of the at least one physiological signal from the physiological gating apparatus in order to synchronize x-ray exposure with the at least one physiological signal of the subject.