X-ray detector array with reduced effective pitch
US5510622A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/612
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Image artifacts are reduced in a volumetric CT scanner system by decreasing the detector pitch along one or both dimensions of a 2D detector array. Four different embodiments for reducing detector pitch without reducing the size of each detector element are disclosed.
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