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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Yuexing Zhang, Naperville, IL (US);
Xiaolan Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Zhengyan Wang, Antioch, IL (US);
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling movement of a plurality of fixed detectors arranged in a computed tomography (CT) system that includes a rotating X-ray source. The method including obtaining a view angle of the X-ray source, determining a tilt angle for a detector of the plurality of detectors that is within a scan field-of-view of the X-ray source at the obtained view angle so that an outer face of the detector directly faces the X-ray source, and causing the detector to be moved to the determined tilt angle.