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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2021
Applicant:

GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Inventors:

Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Lin Fu, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/4007 (2013.01); A61B 6/4014 (2013.01); A61B 6/4078 (2013.01); A61B 6/4275 (2013.01); A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4411 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/4476 (2013.01); A61B 6/5264 (2013.01); A61B 6/5282 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 11/003 (2013.01); G06T 11/006 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2211/40 (2013.01); G06T 2211/412 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system includes activating a plurality of emitters of a stationary distributed x-ray source unit to emit x-ray beams toward an object within an imaging volume, where the x-ray source unit does not rotate around the imaging volume, receiving attenuated x-ray beams with one or more detector arrays to form a sparse view projection dataset, where each attenuated x-ray beam generates a different view, and reconstructing an image from the sparse view projection dataset using a sparse view reconstruction method.


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