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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Akira Hagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An image generating method is provided. The method includes performing a rearrangement process and an interpolation process on fan beam projection data, the fan beam projection data acquired by a scan that includes rotating a radiation source and a detector having a plurality of detecting elements arranged in a channel direction, wherein the interpolation process generates equally-spaced parallel beam projection data in which channel-direction intervals are equal therebetween, and wherein the interpolation process is performed with respect to a plurality of view directions. The method further includes performing a back-projection process on the equally-spaced parallel beam projection data to thereby reconstruct an image, wherein the channel-direction intervals between the equally-spaced parallel beam projection data are smaller than a reference interval obtained by dividing an interval between the detecting elements in the channel direction by a projection enlargement rate.