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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Yuexing Zhang, Naperville, IL (US);
Xiaolan Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); H05G 1/30 (2006.01); H05G 1/60 (2006.01); H05G 1/64 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computed-tomography (CT) apparatus that includes a CT scanner including an X-ray source, a plurality of photon-counting detectors (PCDs) arranged in a fixed detector ring to capture incident X-ray photons emitted from the X-ray source, and control circuitry configured to move at least one PCD of the plurality of PCDs, from a first position to a second position, in response to receiving an instruction to perform a scanogram scan of an object.