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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2008
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Daniel David Harrison, Delanson, NY (US);
Maria Iatrou, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Brian Patrick Smyth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Fremont, CA (US);
Souma Sengupta, Foster City, CA (US);
Peter Claudius Sanza, Wilmington, NC (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Daniel David Harrison, Delanson, NY (US);
Maria Iatrou, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Brian Patrick Smyth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Fremont, CA (US);
Souma Sengupta, Foster City, CA (US);
Peter Claudius Sanza, Wilmington, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique is provided for imaging a field of view using an X-ray source comprising two or more emission points. The two or more emission points may be independently operated. Independent operation of the two or more emission points in performed in accordance with a list of commands that specifies the operation of the emission points. The list of commands, in one embodiment, is stored in a sequence buffer. In other embodiments, the list of commands is generated for a given usage, without being stored in a sequence buffer.