Patent ID: 7949089

Claim:
A CT scanner for scanning a subject comprising: a gantry rotor configured to rotate about the subject; at least two cone beam X-Ray sources displaced from each other mounted on said gantry rotor; at least one 2D detector array mounted on said gantry rotor, said detector is operable to receive radiation emitted by said at least two cone beam X-Ray sources and attenuated by the subject; a first image processor operable to generate CT images of a volume within the subject; a second image processor operable to generate fluoroscopy images of said volume, wherein said fluoroscopy images are responsive to X-Rays separately emitted by each of said at least two cone beam X-Ray sources and wherein said fluoroscopy images are spatially registered to said CT images; and a third image processor operable to display said fluoroscopy images responsive to X-Rays separately emitted by each of said at least two cone beam X-Ray sources and said CT images wherein the position of at least one feature within said volume may be visualized simultaneously in said fluoroscopy images and said CT images.