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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2006
Bruno K. B. DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Norbert J. Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Bruno K. B. De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Norbert J. Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
A CT imaging system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned having a small field-of-view (FOV) inside a large FOV. A plurality of area sources is attached to the rotatable gantry, each area source includes a plurality of x-ray emission sources, wherein the plurality of area sources are configured to emit x-rays toward the object. A plurality of x-ray detector arrays is attached to the gantry and positioned such that at least a first detector array and a second detector array each receive x-rays that pass through at least the entire small FOV of the object.