Detector apparatus for cone beam computed tomography
US9757088B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/4266
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) imaging apparatus includes a radiation source to emit X-rays while rotating in a predetermined trajectory; a plurality of detectors arranged in a circular ring and configured to detect the emitted X-rays; and processing circuitry to cause the radiation source to scan an object, and cause a subset of the detectors nearest to the radiation source to move in a direction intersecting with a plane of the predetermined trajectory of the radiation source in accordance with a determined location of the radiation source.
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