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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
Mingye Wu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Chad Allan Smith, Franklin, WI (US);
Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Brookfield, WI (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, an imaging system comprises a stationary distributed x-ray source unit comprising a plurality of emitters positioned to emit x-ray beams through the imaging volume, one or more detector arrays extending around at least a portion of an imaging volume, each detector array comprising a plurality of detector elements, each detector element configured to receive x-ray beams from more than one emitter, and an anti-scatter device configured to be positioned between one or more emitters of the plurality of emitters and an object in the imaging volume.