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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Telesecurity Sciences, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Samuel M. Song, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Junghyun Kwon, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jongkyu Lee, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Douglas P. Boyd, Las Vegas, NV (US);
TELESECURITY SCIENCES, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) apparatus including: an X-ray source configured to direct X-rays toward a detector assembly; a dynamic beam collimator fixed in space and configured to dynamically limit an X-ray beam directed toward an object of interest, the dynamic beam collimator including a plurality of leaflets to block a cone beam of X-rays impinging upon the dynamic beam collimator, wherein a subset of the plurality of leaflets opens and closes to block or allow a portion of the cone beam of X-rays to reduce or increase a solid angle of the cone beam, wherein the cone beam of X-rays with the reduced solid angle is directed toward a predetermined portion of the object of interest; and the detector assembly configured to detect the directed cone beam of X-rays on a side opposite to the X-ray source.