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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Kevin M. Brown, Mentor on the Lake, OH (US);
Dominic J. Heuscher, Aurora, OH (US);
Kevin M. Brown, Mentor on the Lake, OH (US);
Dominic J. Heuscher, Aurora, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging system includes a radiation source () with an anode (). The radiation source () rotates around an examination region () about a longitudinal axis () and emits radiation from a focal spot () on the anode (). A source collimator () collimates the emitted radiation to produce a generally conically shaped radiation beam that traverses the examination region. The generally conically shaped radiation beam has an extended cone angle along the longitudinal axis that is greater than an effective maximum cone angle determined by an anode angle of the anode (). A detector array () detects radiation that traverses the examination region and generates signals indicative thereof. A reconstructor () reconstructs the signals to generate volumetric image data indicative of the examination region.