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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Andrew Litvin, Wakefield, MA (US);
Ram Naidu, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Litvin, Wakefield, MA (US);
Ram Naidu, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/006 (2013.01); G06T 2211/416 (2013.01); G06T 2211/421 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CT scanner comprises: at least one source of X-rays and a multi-row detector array of arbitrary geometry, both supported so as rotate around an axis of rotation during a scan of an object translated along the axis, wherein data for each detector is generated as a function of the X-ray energy received; and a data processor configured so as to perform resampling of the data onto curves in a virtual detector array. The curves project onto tilted lines in a virtual flat detector as to enable tangential filtering of the data.