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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sarah Kathryn Patch, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 ;
Abstract
A source applies imaging energy that passes through an object being imaged and is then detected by a detector. A scanning trajectory causes the detector to provide measured cone beam data to a processor. The measured cone beam data is over a characteristic surface with a corresponding characteristic problem. The processor solves the characteristic problem such that missing cone beam data is determined. The measured cone beam data and the determined cone beam data together provide a complete data set for exact image reconstruction.