Patent ID: 6421412
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An imaging system for generating an image of an object of interest, said system comprising:a gantry; a plurality of source-detector pairs, each said source-detector pair comprising a detector array and an x-ray source having at least one focal spot for emitting an x-ray beam along a scan plane toward said detector, each said source-detector pair angularly displaced about said gantry so that said projection data is collected for a defined field of view of the object of interest, said source-detector pairs are angularly displaced from each other by an angle &bgr;, wherein &bgr; is determined in accordance with: Î²=(Ï€+fan&it;â€ƒ&it;angle)number&it;â€ƒ&it;of&it;â€ƒ&it;source-detector&it;â€ƒ&it;array&it;â€ƒ&it;pairs.