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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Jinghan YE, Fremont, CA (US);
John F. Vesel, Kirtland, OH (US);
Michael J. Petrillo, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jinghan Ye, Fremont, CA (US);
John F. Vesel, Kirtland, OH (US);
Michael J. Petrillo, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computed tomography acquisition geometry provides an increased field of view (). A radiation source () such as an x-ray source and a radiation detector () are displaced from the imaging center (). In one implementation, the central ray () of a radiation beam () is parallel to the plane of the detector () at the detector midpoint (), but is displaced from the imaging center.