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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Ehud Dafni, Caesarea, IL;
Rafi Brada, Hod-HaSharon, IL;
David Ruimi, Ganot Hadar, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arineta Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CT scanner comprises at least one cone beam x-ray source assembly mounted on a gantry frame, the gantry frame rotatable about a rotation axis, the x-ray source assembly operable to emit a cone beam at an orientation with respect to the rotation axis, and a controller operable to adjust an orientation of the cone beam during a rotation cycle of the gantry, wherein the controller adjusts the orientation to radiate a substantially same volume of interest over the rotation cycle.