Computer tomography apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsOtto Sembritzki, Heinrich Wallschlaeger
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Abstract
A CT apparatus with alternating focus, in which the detector elements deliver output data when picking up individual projections corresponding to the beam attenuation of the X-rays proceeding to the detector element, the number of data items correspond to twice the number of detector elements participating in the pick-up of each projection. The output data are converted into image reconstruction data, which contain a number of data items per projection which is greater than twice the number of detector elements participating in the pick-up of the respective projection.
Claims6
A computed tomography apparatus comprising:
- an X-ray source having an alternating focus which is moved back and forth between two end positions;
- means for rotating said X-ray source around an examination subject for irradiating said examination subject from a plurality of different projection angles;
- a detector system, composed of a plurality of detector elements, for receiving X-rays from said alternating focus, attenuated by said examination subject, at each of said projection angles, each of said detector elements having an aperture and each of said detector elements being spaced by a grid element spacing from an adjacent detector element, said detector system emitting output data for each projection said output data comprising a number of output data items equal to twice the number of detector elements participating in obtaining the respective projection;
- a computer, supplied with said output data, which converts said output data into image reconstruction data, said image reconstruction data containing a number of data items per projection which is greater than twice said number of detector elements participating in obtaining the projection, said computer reconstructing an image of said examination subject from said image reconstruction data and generating image signals representing said image;
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- a display, supplied with said image signals, for displaying said image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.