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Tomography for large volume 3D scans

US10398390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Bauer · Munich, DE
Patrick Kugler · Campbell, US
Günter Lauritsch · Nuremberg, DE
Andreas Maier · Erlangen, DE
Daniel Stromer · Glenvil, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/5205
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tomography system with a beam source and a detector that is adapted to carry out a scan. While the beam source is guided along a circular or helical first trajectory about an orbital axis, a rectangular sensor surface of the detector is guided at a distance from the beam source along a circular or helical second trajectory about the orbital axis. During the scan, a yaw angle between a perpendicular bisector of the sensor surface and the plane of rotation in which the beam source is currently located has a value of greater than 0° and simultaneously smaller than 90°.

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