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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Hui Hu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Waukesha, WI (US);
Stanley H. Fox, Brookfield, WI (US);
Kishore C. Acharya, Brookfield, WI (US);
Hui David He, Waukesha, WI (US);
Yi Sun, Waukesha, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for generating an image of an object using a computed tomography (CT) imaging system, which includes at least one x-ray detector array and at least one rotating x-ray source projecting an x-ray beam, includes the steps of identifying a physiological cycle of the object (the cycle comprising a plurality of phases); selecting at least one phase of the object; collecting at least one segment of projection data for each selected phase of the object during each rotation of each x-ray source; generating a projection data set by combining the projection data segments; generating a cross-sectional image of the entire object from the projection data set; and communicating the image or data associated with the image to a remote facility. The remote facility provides remote services over a network.