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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
David M. Hoffman, New Berlin, WI (US);
Robert F. Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);
Stanley H. Fox, Brookfield, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention is a method for changing at least one of a number of image slices and in-plane resolutions available in an existing imaging system. The method includes steps of: replacing the existing detector array with a replacement detector array having either narrower detector cells in the x-direction than an existing detector array, a greater number of detector cells than that of the existing detector array, or both; and selecting an in-plane resolution of the replacement detector array in accordance with a maximum bandwidth limit of a communication path in the imaging system.