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US 2016/0256128 A1Published application
Hybrid imaging apparatus and methods for interactive procedures
AssigneeCarestream Health, Inc.
InventorsXiaohui Wang, David H. Foos, Michael D. Heath, Richard A. Simon, Eliot L. Siegel
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Abstract
An imaging system includes an x-ray assembly having one or more x-ray sources configured to be energized at multiple positions. A control program energizes the one or more x-ray sources in a programmed sequence and controls the timing of the sequence.
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An imaging system comprising:
- an x-ray assembly aimed at an imaging region of a patient, the x-ray assembly configured to be energizable to emit ionizing radiation from one or multiple different spatial positions toward the imaging region;
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- control hardware to energize the x-ray assembly at predetermined times each at one or more of the spatial positions,
- wherein a first mode of operation comprises energizing the x-ray assembly one or more times from a first spatial position toward the imaging region of the patient,
- a second mode of operation comprises energizing the x-ray assembly multiple times each from a different one of the spatial positions, and
- wherein the control hardware is configured to switch an operating mode of the imaging system between the first and second modes during one medical image examination.
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A method of operating an imaging system, the method comprising:
- providing an x-ray assembly comprising one or more x-ray sources;
- energizing one of the x-ray sources multiple times at one predetermined position;
- capturing a first plurality of radiographic images of a subject in response to the step of energizing one of the x-ray sources;
- energizing the one or more x-ray sources multiple times at different predetermined positions;
- capturing a second plurality of radiographic images of the subject in response to the step of energizing the one or more x-ray sources, each captured radiographic image of the subject corresponding to the one or more predetermined positions;
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- reconstructing at least a portion of the captured images to form a tomosynthesis image.
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A method of operating an imaging system, the method comprising:
- fixing a plurality of x-ray sources in preselected positions relative to a body tissue to be imaged;
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- energizing a first one of the x-ray sources including fluoroscopy imaging the body tissue using the first one of the x-ray sources;
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- terminating said energizing the first one of the x-ray sources and energizing a second one of the x-ray sources to continue imaging the body tissue.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.