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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruno DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bruno De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for acquiring and reconstructing projection data that is mathematically complete or sufficient using a computed tomography (CT) system having stationary distributed X-ray sources and detector arrays. In one embodiment, a distributed source is provided as arcuate segments offset in the X-Y plane and along the Z-axis.