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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Abdelaziz Ikhlef, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jeffrey Alan Kautzer, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Robert F. Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);
Paavana Sainath, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Abdelaziz Ikhlef, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jeffrey Alan Kautzer, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Robert F. Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);
Paavana Sainath, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schnectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) detector array includes a central region substantially symmetric about a central axis thereof and includes a first plurality of x-ray detector cells configured to acquire CT data from a first number of detector rows during a scan, wherein the central axis is in a channel direction of the CT detector array and transverse to a slice direction of the CT detector array. A first wing is coupled to a first side of the central region, and a second wing is coupled to a second side of the central region opposite the first side. The first and second wings include respective second and third pluralities of x-ray detector cells and are each configured to acquire CT data from a number of detector rows that is less than the first number of detector rows. The CT detector array is asymmetric about the central axis of the central region.