Patent ID: 7627081
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A computer tomography apparatus for examination of an object of interest, the computer tomography apparatus comprising: a mounting device configured to support an object of interest; a rotatable gantry mounted for rotation around the mounting device; a first electromagnetic radiation source adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation to an object of interest, the first electromagnetic radiation source being mounted on the rotatable gantry; a second electromagnetic radiation source adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation to the object of interest, the second electromagnetic radiation source being divided into a plurality of sub-devices mounted in a fixed manner with respect to the mounting device; at least one detecting device adapted to detect electromagnetic radiation generated by the first electromagnetic radiation source and by the second electromagnetic radiation source and scattered on the object of interest, at least one of the at least one detecting device being mounted on the rotatable gantry; a determination unit adapted to determine structural information concerning the object of interest based on an analysis of detected signals received from the at least one detecting device; and wherein the object of interest is arrangable such that the first electromagnetic radiation source and at least one of the at least one detecting device mounted on the gantry rotate around the object of interest when the rotatable gantry is rotated.