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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Allen Langan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/486 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4014 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates various approaches by which mask and contrast projection data may be acquired using a continuous projection acquisition process, without an interruption in acquisition or resetting of the system between the acquisition of the mask projection data and the contrast projection data. In certain implementations, the approaches described herein may be employed with a single-plane or multi-plane tomosynthesis system.