Imaging system for generating a substantially exact reconstruction of a region of interest
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1. A method of imaging at least a part of a region of interest (ROI) comprising:
- decomposing the at least a part of the ROI into chords; and
reconstructing the at least a part of the ROI based on the chords using data,wherein an object support comprises a domain in space within which the object may be non-zero and outside of which is certainly zero;
wherein the ROI is a portion of and smaller than the object support;
wherein a trajectory of a source relative to the object defines a coordinate system; and
wherein the source illuminates the ROI during at least a part of the trajectory resulting in the data being acquired, the data comprising projections containing truncations along at least two axes of said coordinate system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reconstruction of a region of interest for an object is provided. The reconstruction of the object may be based on chords which may fill a part, all, or more than all of the region of interest. Using chords for reconstruction may allow for reducing data acquired and/or processing for reconstructing a substantially exact image of the ROI. Moreover, various methodologies may be used in reconstructing the image, such as backprojection-filtration, and modified filtration backprojection.
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1. A method of imaging at least a part of a region of interest (ROI) comprising:
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decomposing the at least a part of the ROI into chords; and reconstructing the at least a part of the ROI based on the chords using data, wherein an object support comprises a domain in space within which the object may be non-zero and outside of which is certainly zero; wherein the ROI is a portion of and smaller than the object support; wherein a trajectory of a source relative to the object defines a coordinate system; and wherein the source illuminates the ROI during at least a part of the trajectory resulting in the data being acquired, the data comprising projections containing truncations along at least two axes of said coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A computer-readable medium containing program code for:
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imaging at least part of a region of interest (ROI); decomposing the at least a part of the ROI into chords; and reconstructing the at least a part of the ROI based on the chords using data, wherein an object support comprises a domain in space within which the object may be non-zero and outside of which is certainly zero; wherein the ROI is a portion of and smaller than the object support; wherein a trajectory of a source relative to the object defines a coordinate system; and wherein the source illuminates the ROI during at least a part of the trajectory resulting in the data being acquired, the data comprising projections containing truncations along at least two axes of said coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method of imaging at least a part of a region of interest (ROI), the ROI being a portion of and smaller than an object support comprising a domain in space within which the object may be non-zero and outside of which is certainly zero, the method comprising:
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controlling at least one of a source and the object support so that the source and the object support move relative to one another in a trajectory that defines a rotation axis; acquiring data at least partly when the source and the object support move relative to one another; and generating a substantially exact reconstruction of the ROI based on the data, the data being less than that required to substantially exactly reconstruct an image of the entire object support, wherein the data comprises projections, such projections containing truncations parallel and perpendicular to the rotation axis. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for imaging at least a part of a region of interest (ROI), the ROI being a portion of and smaller than an object support comprising a domain in space within which the object may be non-zero and outside of which is certainly zero, the apparatus comprising:
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a source for illuminating the ROI; at least one motor to control at least one of the source or the object support in order to move the source relative to the object support in a trajectory that defines a rotation axis; at least one sensor to acquire data at least partly when the source and the object support move relative to one another; and a processor to generate a substantially exact reconstruction of the ROI based on the data, the data being less than that required to substantially exactly reconstruct an image of the entire object support, wherein the data comprises projections, such projections containing truncations parallel and perpendicular to the rotation axis. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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