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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Michael P. Ellenbogen, Wayland, MA (US);
Michael P. Ellenbogen, Wayland, MA (US);
Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention is directed to a computed tomography device, comprising a tunnel to receive baggage, an x-ray source providing an x-ray beam that intersects the tunnel and has a beam angle of 120°, a gantry that oscillates relative to the tunnel through an oscillation angle that equals 270°, and a plurality of detectors. The plurality of detectors are mounted to the gantry and adapted to receive x-rays from the x-ray source. In addition, the plurality of detectors are arranged in a horseshoe-shaped configuration in which at least one first detector is located a furthest distance from the x-ray source and at least one second detector is disposed on each side of the at least one first detector and is disposed closer to the x-ray source than the at least one first detector.