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CT apparatus without gantry

US9551808B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 24, 2013
Grant dateJan 24, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01V5/224
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A CT apparatus without a gantry. The CT apparatus includes a scanning passage; a stationary X-ray source arranged around the scanning passage and including a plurality of ray emission focal spots; and a plurality of stationary detector modules arranged around the scanning passage and disposed opposite the X-ray source. At least some of the plurality of detector modules may be arranged substantially in an L shape, a semicircular shape, a U shape, an arc shape, a parabolic shape, or a curve shape when viewed in a plane intersecting the scanning passage. The invention ensures that the stationary gantry type CT system has a small size, and a high data identification accuracy.

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