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Methods and apparatus for artifact compensation with variable angular sampling

  • US 6,233,308 B1
  • Filed: 03/19/1999
  • Issued: 05/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for generating an image of an object using an imaging system, the imaging system including an x-ray detector array and a rotating x-ray source, the x-ray source projecting an x-ray beam toward the detector array along a projection angle, said method comprising the steps of:

  • rotating the x-ray source through a plurality of projection angles;

    collecting a plurality of samples projection data; and

    altering an angular spacing between each projection data sample as a function of the projection angle.

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