Patent ID: 11857355
Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A method of controlling an x-ray imaging system including a gantry, an x-ray source coupled to the gantry, and a multi-detector assembly having an energy-integrating detector array and a photon-counting detector array, the method comprising:
operating the x-ray source to direct x-rays to the multi-detector assembly;
acquiring energy-integrating x-ray imaging data in response to receiving the x-rays at the energy-integrating detector array;
simultaneously with receiving the x-rays at the energy-integrating detector array, acquiring photon-counting x-ray imaging data in response to receiving the x-rays at the photon-counting detector array; and
reconstructing an image of the subject using at least one of the energy-integrating x-ray imaging data or the photon-counting x-ray imaging data;
wherein the energy-integrating detector array defines a first shape and the photon-counting detector array defines a second shape, wherein the first shape is a first rectangle having a space formed therein to receive the second shape, wherein the second shape is an elongated strip intersecting a second rectangle, wherein a width of the second rectangle is greater than a width of the elongated strip and a length of the second rectangle is smaller than a length of the elongated strip.