Patent ID: 8139709
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A CT imaging system, comprising: a plurality of x-ray sources configured to rotate about an rotation axis, the x-ray sources each generating a beam of radiation, at least two of the plurality of x-ray sources being angularly offset from each other at discrete locations around the rotation axis and being axially offset from each other along the rotation axis; a plurality of x-ray detectors configured to rotate about the rotation axis in a rotation direction, each detector situated opposite an associated one of the plurality of x-ray sources and having (i) a curvilinear long axis oriented along the rotation direction, and (ii) a short axis that is transverse to the long axis, at least two of the plurality of detectors being angularly offset from each other at discrete locations around the rotation axis and being axially offset from each other along the rotation axis; and wherein adjacent edges parallel to the short axes of the at least two angularly offset x-ray detectors are not substantially spaced apart from each other.