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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Brian Joseph Breuer, Allenton, WI (US);
Roy-arnulf Helge Nilsen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Steven John Woloschek, Franklin, WI (US);
Scott David Slavic, Sussex, WI (US);
Naveen Stephen Chandra, Kenosha, WI (US);
Paavana Sainath, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Brian Joseph Breuer, Allenton, WI (US);
Roy-Arnulf Helge Nilsen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Steven John Woloschek, Franklin, WI (US);
Scott David Slavic, Sussex, WI (US);
Naveen Stephen Chandra, Kenosha, WI (US);
Paavana Sainath, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) system that includes a rotational gantry and a stationary structure communicatively coupled to the rotational gantry is provided. The rotational gantry includes an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray beam through a subject, an X-ray detector comprising one or more detector elements that receive incoming X-rays and to convert the incoming X-rays to image signals, and a data acquisition unit that processes the image signals to generate processed image data. The stationary structure is coupled to the rotational gantry via one or more slip rings that transfer the processed image data from the rotational gantry to stationary memory integral with the stationary structure via a bidirectional serial data exchange protocol.