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Accelerated data capture in an x-ray system

US10028718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Bartl · Erlangen, DE
Anna Jerebko · Eschborn, DE
Tom Weidner · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 17, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/58
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Data of a predetermined volume portion of an object under examination is captured by an x-ray system that includes an x-ray source and a detector. The x-ray source is activated to generate x-rays that emerge from the x-ray source, radiate through the volume portion, and after radiating through, impinge on the detector. X-rays impinging on the detector are captured pixel by pixel, in order to capture the data of the predetermined volume portion. With the pixel-by-pixel capture, only a subset of all the pixels of the detector is evaluated.

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