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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Roland Proksa, Hamburg, DE;
Andy Ziegler, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Roland Proksa, Hamburg, DE;
Andy Ziegler, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/083 (2006.01); G01N 23/087 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computed tomography system includes at least two x-ray sources (), a at least one common detector (), and a reconstruction system (). The at least two x-ray sources () are aligned at different z-axis locations at about a same angular position and concurrently emit radiation that traverses an imaging region (). The at least one detector () detects radiation emitted by the at least two x-ray source () and generates composite data indicative of the detected radiation. The reconstruction system () reconstructs the composite data to generate one or more images.