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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2006
Bruno K. B. DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Colin R. Wilson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bernhard Claus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Maria Iatrou, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James W. Leblanc, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dirk Bequé, Munich, DE;
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mark Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruno K. B. De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Colin R. Wilson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bernhard Claus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Maria Iatrou, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James W. LeBlanc, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dirk Bequé, Munich, DE;
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mark Vermilyea, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A CT imaging system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned. A plurality of x-ray emission sources are attached to the rotatable gantry, each x-ray emission source configured to emit x-rays in a conebeam toward the object. The CT imaging system also includes a plurality of x-ray detector arrays attached to the gantry and positioned to receive x-rays passing through the object. At least one x-ray detector array of the plurality of x-ray detector arrays is configured to receive x-rays from more than one x-ray emission source.