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Reducing effects of rotational motion

US7830144B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Jeffrey L. Duerk · Avon Lake, US
Ajit Shankaranarayanan · Mountain View, US
Michael Wendt · Erlangen, DE
Jonathan S. Lewin · Atlanta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2005
Grant date	Nov 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/56509
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and system for improving image quality by correcting errors introduced by rotational motion of an object being imaged is provided. The object is associated with a fiducial mark. The method provides a computer executable methodology for detecting a rotation and selectively reordering, deleting and/or reacquiring projection data.

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