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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
Kyle Morgan Champley, Scotia, NY (US);
Kai Zeng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); H05G 1/46 (2006.01); H05G 1/32 (2006.01); H05G 1/38 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/541 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is disclosed for acquiring multi-sector computed tomography scan data. The approach includes activating an X-ray source during heartbeats of a patient to acquire projection data over a limited angular range for each heartbeat. The projection data acquired over the different is combined. An image having good temporal resolution is reconstructed using the combined projection data.