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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2013
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-Shi, Tochigi-Ken, JP;
Alexander Zamyatin, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);
Xiaolan Wang, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Zhengyan Wang, Antioch, IL (US);
Yuexing Zhang, Naperville, IL (US);
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
Photon counting detectors are sparsely placed at predetermined positions in the fourth-generation geometry around an object to be scanned in spectral Computer Tomography (CT). An X-ray emitting source rotates radially outside the sparsely placed photon counting detectors. Furthermore, the integrating detectors are placed in the third-generation in combination to the sparsely placed photon counting detectors at predetermined positions in the fourth-generation geometry.