Method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images with optimized movement path

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9833215
APP PUB NO 20150265231A1
SERIAL NO

14431286

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A method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images of an object are provided. An x-ray beam source is moved by a control unit on a path into a plurality of positions, in which an x-ray beam is transmitted. An x-ray beam detector is moved by the control unit into a plurality of positions, in which the x-ray beam, penetrating the object, is detected. The x-ray beam source and/or the x-ray beam detector are moved on a calculated path around the object, at a constant distance between the x-ray beam source and the x-ray beam detector or the object. The path is described by an nth degree polynomial and determined by the control unit through an optimization of a path along the central x-ray beam. The polynomial is selected such that a safety clearance with respect to the object is maintained and a distance between the x-ray beam detector and the object is minimized.

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  • FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.;CHARITE-UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN;CHARITE—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Engel, Sebastian Münster, DE 16 255
Fehlhaber, Felix Berlin, DE 1 6
Käseberg, Marc Biesenthal, DE 7 33
Keeve, Erwin Potsdam, DE 12 380
Stopp, Fabian Neuenhagen, DE 6 37
Uhlmann, Eckart Kiebitzreihe, DE 18 309

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