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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Dominic J. Heuscher, Aurora, OH (US);
Dominic J. Heuscher, Aurora, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A medical imaging system () includes a radiation source () that rotates around an examination region about a longitudinal axis and emits radiation while translating in a direction of the longitudinal axis during a fly-by scan. A source collimator () collimates the emitted radiation during the fly-by scan to form a generally conical shaped radiation beam that traverses the examination region. The source collimator () dynamically varies collimation during the scan so as to increase and decrease a width of the radiation beam in the longitudinal axis direction during the scan. 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.