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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Barry Roberts, Gurnee, IL (US);
Zhengyan Wang, Antioch, IL (US);
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/42 (2013.01); A61B 6/4208 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) imaging apparatus includes a radiation source to emit X-rays while rotating in a predetermined trajectory; a plurality of detectors arranged in a circular ring and configured to detect the emitted X-rays; and processing circuitry to cause the radiation source to scan an object, and cause a subset of the detectors nearest to the radiation source to move in a direction intersecting with a plane of the predetermined trajectory of the radiation source in accordance with a determined location of the radiation source.