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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert Bruder, Hoechstadt, DE;
Thomas Flohr, Uehlfeld, DE;
Bernd Ohnesorge, Erlangen, DE;
Stefan Schaller, Fuerth, DE;
Bernhard Scholz, Heroldsbach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
In an image reconstruction method for imaging a periodically moving object with a computed tomography apparatus employing a multi-line detector unit, suitable selection of the rotational speed of the carrier of the computed tomography apparatus and employment of a three-dimensional back-projection algorithm, allow qualitatively high-great images of the object to be produced in every motion phase.