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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Norbert Joseph Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tobias Funk, Martinez, CA (US);
Joseph Anthony Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);
Waldo Stephen Hinshaw, Burlingame, CA (US);
Edward Gerald Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian Patrick Wilfley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Norbert Joseph Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tobias Funk, Martinez, CA (US);
Joseph Anthony Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);
Waldo Stephen Hinshaw, Burlingame, CA (US);
Edward Gerald Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian Patrick Wilfley, Los Altos, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for inverse geometry volume computed tomography medical imaging of a human patient. A plurality of x-ray sources for producing x-ray radiation are used. The gaps between the x-ray sources is less than 20 cm. A collimator located between the plurality of x-ray sources and the human patient is also used. A detector is also used.