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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Gin Chung Wang, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Michael Silver, Northbrook, IL (US);
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A CT scanner apparatus includes an X-ray source mounted on a gantry of the CT scanner apparatus. The CT scanner apparatus also includes a first X-ray detector mounted on the gantry opposite to the X-ray source, and configured to detect X-rays emitted from the X-ray source and transmitted through an object. The CT scanner apparatus also includes a fixed, sparse array of second X-ray detectors. Each of the second X-ray detectors includes a plurality of stacked scintillators and a photosensor adjacent to a sidewall of the stacked scintillators in a side-readout configuration.