US Patent:
20050226392, Oct 13, 2005
Inventors:
Norbert Strobel - Palo Alto CA, US
Krishnakumar Ramamurthi - Baltimore MD, US
International Classification:
H05G001/60
G21K001/12
A61B006/00
A61B006/14
G01N023/00
H05G001/02
Abstract:
A method for performing an exact volume imaging with a C-arm digital x-ray imaging system by moving the source through two partial circular scans which form a complete source trajectory. The partial circular scans form a complete source trajectory when the plane defined by the C-arm is repositioned for the second scan at an angle equal to the cone angle with respect to the long axis of the patient.