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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Real Time Tomography, Llc, Villanova, PA (US);
Andrew D. A. Maidment, Villanova, PA (US);
Raymond J. Acciavatti, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Predrag Bakic, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Susan Ng, Villanova, PA (US);
Peter A. Ringer, Allentown, PA (US);
Johnny Kuo, Lancaster, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Real Time Tomography, LLC, Villanova, PA (US);
Abstract
Tomosynthesis imaging methods, systems, and apparatus include a source to emit penetrating particles toward an object, a detector to acquire a series of projection images responsive to the penetrating particles, and a positioning system to position the source with respect to the object and the detector. An imaging system controls the positioning apparatus, source, and detector to acquire images along a primary scan direction with offsets in a secondary scan direction. An oscillatory velocity may be applied to the source to reduce focal spot blur. Tomographic volumes are constructed that are capable of exhibiting super-resolution from data representing the acquired series of projection images taking the primary scan direction and the offsets into consideration.