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US 9,801,597 B2Granted
Multi-detector imaging system with x-ray detection
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJean-Paul Bouhnik, Jiang Hsieh, Riyad Mahameed, Yaron Hefetz
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Abstract
An imaging system is provided that includes a gantry having a bore extending therethrough; a plurality of image detectors attached to the gantry and radially spaced around a circumference of the bore such that gaps exist between image detectors along the circumference of the bore; an x-ray source attached to the gantry, wherein the x-ray source transmits x-rays across the bore towards at least two of the image detectors; wherein at least two image detectors detect both emission radiation and x-ray radiation.
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An imaging system comprising:
- a gantry having a bore extending therethrough;
- a plurality of image detectors attached to the gantry and radially spaced apart along a circumference of the bore at one or more predetermined intervals such that gaps exist between image detectors along the circumference of the bore;
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- an x-ray source attached to the gantry, wherein the x-ray source transmits x-rays across the bore towards at least two of the image detectors;
- wherein at least one image detector detects both emission radiation and x-ray radiation.
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An imaging method, comprising:
- rotating an x-ray source around the circumference of a gantry bore;
- receiving transmitted x-ray radiation at a plurality of image detectors spaced evenly apart along the circumference of the bore at a predetermined interval such that gaps exist between image detectors along the circumference of the bore;
- receiving emission radiation at a plurality of the plurality of image detectors;
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- generating a medical image based on the emission radiation and x-ray radiation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.