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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Saad Ahmed Sirohey, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Roy A. Nilsen, Waukesha, WI (US);
Suresh Narayanan Narayanan, Waukesha, WI (US);
Guangzhi Cao, Madison, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging system includes a computed tomography (CT) acquisition unit and a processing unit. The CT acquisition unit includes an X-ray source and a CT detector configured to collect CT imaging data of an object to be imaged. The processing unit includes at least one processor operably coupled to the CT acquisition unit. The processing unit is configured to control the CT acquisition unit to collect at least one sample projection during rotation of the CT acquisition unit about the object to be imaged, compare an intensity of the at least one sample projection to an intensity of a reference projection, select a time to perform an imaging scan based on the comparison of the intensity of the at least one sample projection to the intensity of the reference projection, and control the CT acquisition unit to perform the imaging scan.