Patent ID: 9402595
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,G01T

Claim Text:
1. An imaging system comprising: a plurality of detector units distributed about a bore, the bore configured to accept an object to be imaged, the detector units radially articulable within the bore; and a controller operably coupled to the plurality of detector units and configured to control the positioning of the detector units, wherein the controller is configured to position an external group of the plurality of detector units at a predetermined intermediate position corresponding to a ring, the ring having a radius corresponding to a total number of detector units and a size of the detector units, and to position an internal group of the plurality of detector units radially inside the ring, wherein the imaging system is configured to acquire imaging information of the object to be imaged using at least some of the external group of detectors at the intermediate position and at least some of the detectors of the internal group positioned radially inside the ring.