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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2010
James Zhengshe Liu, Glenview, IL (US);
Feng (Frank) Gao, Naperville, IL (US);
Chuande Liu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ping Xue, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Jon Omernick, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Donald Langler, Brookfield, WI (US);
James Zhengshe Liu, Glenview, IL (US);
Feng (Frank) Gao, Naperville, IL (US);
Chuande Liu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ping Xue, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Jon Omernick, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Donald Langler, Brookfield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for imaging an object includes radiating the object of interest and sensing the radiation that penetrates through the object using a detector having at least one active area and at least one inactive area, determining when the radiation is completed using information received from the inactive area of the imaging detector, and reconstructing an image of the object using information received from the active area of the imaging detector. A medical imaging system and a computer-readable medium are also provided.