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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Katsuyuki Taguchi, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Inventor:
Katsuyuki Taguchi, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computed tomography apparatus, including: an X-ray helical scanning device including an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector arranged in a gantry, the helical scanning device configured to provide a continuous scan and to obtain projection data of a scanned object arranged on a platform; and control unit configured to control at least one of the X-ray helical scanning device and the platform so as to generate the continuous scan with a helical pitch that is based on a height of a detector row of the X-ray detector projected onto an iso-center of the gantry.