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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, NY (US);
John Patrick Kaufhold, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kadri Nizar Jabri, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal B Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
John Michael Sabol, Sussex, WI (US);
Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard, Albany, NY (US);
John Patrick Kaufhold, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Kadri Nizar Jabri, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gopal B Avinash, New Berlin, WI (US);
John Michael Sabol, Sussex, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Briefly in accordance with one embodiment, the present technique provides a multi-energy tomosynthesis imaging system. The system includes an X-ray source configured to emit X-rays from multiple locations within a limited angular range relative to an imaging volume. The imaging system also includes a digital detector with an array of detector elements to generate images in response to the emitted X-rays. The imaging system further includes a detector acquisition circuitry to acquire the images from the digital detector. The imaging system may also include a processing circuitry configured to decompose plurality of images based on energy characteristics and to reconstruct the plurality of images to generate a three-dimensional multi-energy tomosynthesis image.