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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Riyad Mahameed, Umm al-Fahm, IL;
Yaron Hefetz, Kibbutz Alonim, IL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging system is provided that includes a gantry having a bore extending therethrough; a plurality of image detectors attached to the gantry and radially spaced around a circumference of the bore such that gaps exist between image detectors along the circumference of the bore; an x-ray source attached to the gantry, wherein the x-ray source transmits x-rays across the bore towards at least two of the image detectors; wherein at least two image detectors detect both emission radiation and x-ray radiation.