Patent ID: 7376214

Claim:
A method for imaging an organ exhibiting movement that causes said organ to change position or change shape, of a living subject, comprising the steps of: irradiating the organ with an x-ray beam by rotating the x-ray beam in a rotation extending only through an angle that is less than 360°, and acquiring attenuation data, resulting from the irradiation of the organ with said x-ray beam, only during actual, non-zero movement of the x-ray beam in said rotation; acquiring a signal representing movement of the organ during said rotation of said x-ray beam; modulating a rotation speed of the actual, non-zero movement of said x-ray beam dependent on said signal by adapting said rotation speed to at least one of said change in position or change in shape of said organ, making said rotation speed non-constant within said angle; and generating a complete image of the organ from said attenuation data.