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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Otto Z. Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jianping LU, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jian Zhang, Carrboro, NC (US);
Guang Yang, Carrboro, NC (US);
Yueh Lee, Durham, NC (US);
Qi Qiu, Cary, NC (US);
Yuan Cheng, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Otto Z. Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jianping Lu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jian Zhang, Carrboro, NC (US);
Guang Yang, Carrboro, NC (US);
Yueh Lee, Durham, NC (US);
Qi Qiu, Cary, NC (US);
Yuan Cheng, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Xintek, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for multiplexing computed tomography are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein can include illuminating an object with a plurality of x-ray beams from a plurality of viewing angles, wherein each x-ray beam has a distinct waveform; detecting the x-ray intensities of the plurality of pulsed x-ray beams as a function of time, and extracting individual projection image data from the detected x-ray intensities based on the distinct waveforms of the x-ray beams for combining the projection image data to generate three-dimensional tomographic image data of the object.