Patent ID: 7006592

Claim:
A computed tomography system comprising an x-ray source, an x-ray detector aligned with said x-ray source, said x-ray detector comprising a plurality of detector cells, a processor coupled to said x-ray detector, a controller coupled to said processor, said controller comprising scan and motion controls, and image manipulation controls, said processor is configured to: compress a first set of data by combining multiple views into one view and maintain a constant view angle increment between compressed views; generate a second set of data from said first set of data using linear interpolation; gang projection data from at least two adjacent detector cells; at least partially compensate for loss of resolution; overscan weight said data; select respective views at which each respective image is to be generated, said views selected based on a number N of views required to generate a complete image, a number X of parallel processing pipes, and a number Y of images generated per N-view-rotation; and perform a backprojection wherein quantities used in the backprojection are based on linearization from view to view.