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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
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, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/046 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/4007 (2013.01); H01J 2235/087 (2013.01); A61B 6/544 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01);
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 stationary x-ray sources for producing x-ray radiation are used. A rotating collimator located between the plurality of x-ray sources and the human patient is also used. A rotating detector can also be used.