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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Mark Douglas Herold, Stow, OH (US);
Inventor:
Mark Douglas Herold, Stow, OH (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/06 (2006.01); H05G 1/26 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/469 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes performing a three dimensional volume scan of a region of interest located in a portion of an object or subject in an examination region, including dynamically collimating a radiation beam used to perform the scan so that a geometry and/or location of the radiation beam tracks, during the scan, to a geometry and/or location of the region of interest, wherein the region of interest is a sub-region of the portion of the object or subject in the examination region.