X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Specific application – Absorption
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-04
2009-02-17
Kiknadze, Irakli (Department: 2882)
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Specific application
Absorption
C378S004000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07492860
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for scanning an object with a helical CT scanner, the method comprising: acquiring an amount of data corresponding to the object that is scanned by the CT scanner, wherein the amount of data is generated by an x-ray source that projects a fan beam of x-rays toward a detector array on an opposite side of a gantry of the CT scanner, the fan beam being generated at multiple x-ray source positions as the x-ray source is rotated about the object as the object passes through an opening in the gantry disposed about a conveyor for moving the object through the opening; monitoring a position of the conveyor as the object passes through the opening in the gantry; determining if the conveyor has been stationary for more than one rotation of the gantry and discarding redundant data after one rotation, optionally turning off the x-ray tube if the conveyor has been stationary for more than one gantry rotation, and if so preventing the conveyor from moving again until the tube is turned on and is stable, inputting the position of the conveyor at each x-ray source position into a reconstruction algorithm; and presenting an image of the object.
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Garms Walter
Landolfi Pierfrancesco
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
GE Security Inc.
Hyun, Esq. Eugene
Kiknadze Irakli
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