Computerized tomography imaging using multi-slice detector with selectable slice thickness
US5430784A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/5205
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computerized tomography system includes a detector array made up of a set of detector subelements aligned along a slice thickness direction. A controllable switching matrix selectively interconnects a predetermined number of successive detector subelements to a respective summing amplifier to produce slice-constituent signals which measure a respective slice positioned to pass through a body. Each respective slice having a selectable thickness in a region of interest to be imaged.
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