Patent ID: 7668288

Claim:
A medical imaging system comprising: a radiation detector configured to scan an object; a rotating part that rotates at least one of said radiation detector and the object with respect to each over an angular range, a controlling part for the detector, controlling the detector for scanning over a first discrete continuous acquisition range having a first start angle and a first end angle, and a second discrete continuous acquisition range having a second start angle and a second end angle, and a third discrete continuous acquisition range having a third start angle and a third end angle, wherein the first end angle and the second start angle are separated by a first unsampled angular range, and wherein the second end angle and the third start angle are separated by a second unsampled angular range, which is separated from the first unsampled angular range, wherein said controlling part controls the scan such that there is not a complete scan, and there is no scanning between said first and second continuous acquisition range, and there is no scanning between said second and third continuous acquisition ranges, wherein the medical imaging system is a computed tomography system that uses data from each of said first discrete continuous acquisition range, and said second discrete continuous acquisition range, and said third discrete continuous acquisition range, to form a medical image and where said medical image is formed without using data in between said first and second continuous acquisition range, and wherein said data part forms said image without using data in between said second and third continuous acquisition ranges, to form said medical image.