Patent Document ID: 20030007604
Application ID: 09897173
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for reconstructing an image of an object utilizing a computed tomographic imaging system having a rotating gantry, a multirow detector array on the rotating gantry, and a radiation source on the rotating gantry configured to project a beam of radiation towards the detector array through an object to be imaged; said method comprising: helically scanning an object at a selected helical pitch to acquire projection data of the object, the projection data including conjugate samples from single rows of the detector array and interrow samples; estimating projections in a plane of reconstruction (POR) based upon a selection of the projection data from the group consisting of the conjugate samples from at least one of the single rows, the interrow samples, and combinations thereof, the selection dependent upon the selected helical pitch; and filtering and backprojecting the estimated projections to reconstruct at least one image of the object.