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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Axel Thran, Hamburg, DE;
Claas Bontus, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Forthmann, Sandesneben, DE;
Roland Proksa, Hamburg, DE;
Ronald B. Sharpless, Cleveland, OH (US);
Dominic J. Heuscher, Aurora, OH (US);
Felix Peeters, Heide, NL;
Johannes Bathazar Maria Soetens, Esbeek, NL;
Axel Thran, Hamburg, DE;
Claas Bontus, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Forthmann, Sandesneben, DE;
Roland Proksa, Hamburg, DE;
Ronald B. Sharpless, Cleveland, OH (US);
Dominic J. Heuscher, Aurora, OH (US);
Felix Peeters, Heide, NL;
Johannes Bathazar Maria Soetens, Esbeek, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N. V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A medical imaging system includes a generally stationary gantry () and a rotating gantry (), rotatably supported by the generally stationary gantry (), that rotates about a longitudinal axis around an examination region. The medical imaging system further includes a radiation source () that emits a radiation beam that traverses the examination region. The radiation source () is moveably affixed to the rotating gantry () so as to translate in a direction of the longitudinal axis with respect to the rotating gantry () while scanning a subject in the examination region. The medical imaging system further includes a detector array () that detects the radiation beam that traverses the examination region and generates a signal indicative thereof. The detector array () is moveably affixed to the rotating gantry () so as to move in coordination with the radiation source () while scanning the subject in the examination region.