Patent ID: 8757878
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
1. A CT system comprising: a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned; a high frequency electromagnetic energy projection source configured to project a high frequency electromagnetic energy beam toward the object; a scintillator array having a plurality of scintillator cells, wherein each scintillator cell is configured to detect high frequency electromagnetic energy passing through the object; a photodiode array optically coupled to the scintillator array and comprising a plurality of photodiodes configured to detect light output from a corresponding scintillator cell; a data acquisition system (DAS) connected to the photodiode array and configured to receive outputs from the plurality of photodiodes; an image reconstructor connected to the DAS and configured to reconstruct an image of the object from the outputs from the plurality of photodiodes received by the DAS; and a computer programmed to: