US Patent:
20070064866, Mar 22, 2007
Inventors:
Jiang Hsieh - Brookfield WI, US
Erdogan Gurmen - Shorewood WI, US
Aziz Ikhlef - Waukesha WI, US
Bing Shen - Cary NC, US
Gregory Zeman - Waukesha WI, US
Matthew Halsmer - Waukesha WI, US
Tyler Sprenger - Milwaukee WI, US
International Classification:
H05G 1/60
A61B 6/00
G01N 23/00
G21K 1/12
G21K 1/02
Abstract:
A method for obtaining data includes scanning an object with radiation to collect projection data using an imaging system having a detector array with detector cells and a post-patient collimator, wherein the post-patient collimator has plates having non-uniform thicknesses. The method further includes applying a correction to the projection data to shift an effective center of at least some of the detector cells to compensate for the non-uniform thicknesses of the collimator plates.