Apparatus and method to control movement of photon-counting detectors in a computed-tomography (CT) scanner
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Oct 11, 2016
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Jul 28, 2016
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Jan 22, 2015
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A computed-tomography (CT) apparatus that includes a CT scanner including an X-ray source, a plurality of photon-counting detectors (PCDs) arranged in a fixed detector ring to capture incident X-ray photons emitted from the X-ray source, and control circuitry configured to move at least one PCD of the plurality of PCDs, from a first position to a second position, in response to receiving an instruction to perform a scanogram scan of an object.
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