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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Surescan Corporation, Endicott, NY (US);
Inventor:
Eric Johnson, Greene, NY (US);
Assignee:
SureScan Corporation, Endicott, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01); G21K 7/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A volumetric stationary CT system has at least one stationary array of x-ray detectors extending proximate at least a portion of an imaging volume, at least one stationary x-ray source proximate the stationary array or arrays of x-ray detectors, and a collimator having a slit with a non-uniform opening width. The collimator is intermediate the stationary x-ray source and the stationary array of x-ray detectors. The result is a uniform flux normal to the detector array across the entire length thereof.