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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Otto Z. Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Guang Yang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jianping LU, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David Lalush, Cary, NC (US);
Otto Z. Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Guang Yang, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jianping Lu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David Lalush, Cary, NC (US);
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Stationary x-ray digital breast tomosynthesis systems and related methods are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein can include an x-ray tomosynthesis system having a plurality of stationary field emission x-ray sources configured to irradiate a location for positioning an object to be imaged with x-ray beams to generate projection images of the object. An x-ray detector can be configured to detect the projection images of the object. A projection image reconstruction function can be configured to reconstruct tomography images of the object based on the projection images of the object.