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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lin Fu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, an imaging system comprises a chamber shaped to enclose a subject to be imaged, a support surface disposed within the chamber and shaped to maintain the subject in an upright position, and an annular imaging unit encircling the chamber and having a fixed angular orientation to the chamber, the annular imaging unit including a distributed x-ray unit and a detector array arranged opposite to each other across the chamber. The imaging system may image the subject without rotation of the annular imaging unit.