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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
William Ross, Scotia, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Samit Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nadeem Ishaque, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Deborah Walter, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
John Mcleod, Alplaus, NY (US);
William Ross, Scotia, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Samit Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nadeem Ishaque, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Deborah Walter, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
John McLeod, Alplaus, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a configurable field of view in a non-invasive imaging system, such as a CT medical imaging system. A detector structure comprising two or more flat-panel X-ray detectors is provided such that the configurable field of view may encompass the full area of the two or more X-ray detectors or any suitable subset of the full area. The field of view may be configured based upon an acceptable field of view in conjunction with an acceptable scan speed.