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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jianying LI, Beijing, CN;
Melissa L. Vass, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Xiangyang Tang, Waukesha, WI (US);
Darin Robert Okerlund, Muskego, WI (US);
Bernice E. Hoppel, Delafield, WI (US);
Kelly Ann Mohr, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Howard Londt, Lafayette, IN (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jianying Li, Beijing, CN;
Melissa L. Vass, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Xiangyang Tang, Waukesha, WI (US);
Darin Robert Okerlund, Muskego, WI (US);
Bernice E. Hoppel, Delafield, WI (US);
Kelly Ann Mohr, Beaverton, OR (US);
John Howard Londt, Lafayette, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A CT imaging system includes a gantry and a table in a movable relationship with the gantry. The CT imaging system also includes a controller configured to control relative movement between a subject disposed on the table and the gantry from a first data acquisition position to a second data acquisition position. The controller is also configured to determine a total scan time based on a first time for acquiring imaging data at the first data acquisition position and a second time for transitioning from the first data acquisition position to the second data acquisition position. The controller is also configured to disable data acquisition in an immediately subsequent cardiac cycle and re-enable data acquisition in the cardiac cycle following the immediately subsequent cardiac cycle if the total scan time exceeds one cardiac cycle of the subject. A method of CT imaging is also disclosed.