Computed tomography apparatus and method for operating same

US6600803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Bruder · Hemhofen, DE
• Heinrich Seifert · Bubenreuth, DE
• Horst Siebold · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/027
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a computed tomography system equipped with a data-acquisition system and a method for operating such a computed tomography system, the computed tomography system has a radiation detector with at least one linear detector array composed of a row several detector elements aligned adjacent to one another. The data-acquisition system reads out the detector elements and forms difference signals from signals read out from pairs of adjacent detector elements.