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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson, NY (US);
David Allen Langan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Newark, CA (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DE Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seymour Gordon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson, NY (US);
David Allen Langan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Newark, CA (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seymour Gordon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique for acquiring desired image data in an imaging system comprising at least one radiation source and a detector is described. Initially, preliminary image data corresponding to an object may be acquired. Further, at least one parameter associated with the radiation source and corresponding to a particular view angle of the radiation source may be determined based on the preliminary image data and a priori information. Similarly, at least one parameter associated with the detector and corresponding to the particular view angle may be determined based on a priori information and the preliminary image data. Efficient operating modes of the radiation source and the detector corresponding to the particular view angle may be selected based on the determined parameters to achieve a desired system performance. Subsequently, the final image data may be acquired using the selected operating modes of the radiation source and the detector.