X-Ray System and Method for the Generation of a Scan Path

A method for generating a scan path for an x-ray source and/or an x-ray detector of an x-ray system, comprising:

• defining an original scan path of the x-ray source and/or of the x-ray detector by a series of original acquisition points of an object;
• identifying a viewing axis from the x-ray source to the object and/or to the detector for at least one of the original acquisition points on the scan path;
• and
• generating a modified scan path by displacing the at least one of the acquisition points partially along the viewing axis so that a same scanning movement of the x-ray system upon traversing the modified scan path is reproduced as traversing the original scan path.

An x-ray system, comprising:

• an x-ray source;
• an x-ray detector;
• and
• a computer that:
• defines an original scan path of the x-ray source and/or of the x-ray detector by a series of original acquisition points of an object;
• identifies a viewing axis from the x-ray source to the object and/or to the detector for at least one of the original acquisition points on the scan path;
• and
• generates a modified scan path by displacing the at least one of the original acquisition points partially along the viewing axis so that a same scanning movement of the x-ray system upon traversing the modified scan path is reproduced as traversing the original scan path.

A computer program product with computer-readable software code for generating a scan path for an x-ray source and/or an x-ray detector of an x-ray system, wherein the computer-readable software code performs the following steps when executed on a computer:

• defining an original scan path of the x-ray source and/or of the x-ray detector by a series of original acquisition points of an object;
• identifying a viewing axis from the x-ray source to the object and/or to the detector for at least one of the original acquisition points on the scan path;
• and
• generating a modified scan path by displacing the at least one of the acquisition points partially along the viewing axis so that a same scanning movement of the x-ray system upon traversing the modified scan path is reproduced as traversing the original scan path.