Patent ID: 7263156
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing an X-ray source of radiation comprising a linear accelerator, wherein the X-ray source of radiation emits an X-ray beam having a corresponding illumination pattern; providing at least one radiation detector; providing an object to be scanned, which object has a cross-sectional girth that is larger than the illumination pattern; conducting a preliminary scan of the object by: such that the first incomplete part and the second incomplete part, when joined to one another, comprise a complete radiographic view of the object; subsequent to conducting the preliminary scan of the object: substantially continuously causing the object to move; while substantially continuously causing the object to move, using the X-ray source of radiation and the at least one radiation detector to acquire a plurality of computerized tomography images of the object, wherein using the X-ray source of radiation and the at least one radiation detector comprises: