US 11,813,094 B2
System and method for imaging
Patrick A. Helm, Milton, MA (US); and Shuanghe Shi, Southborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,065, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,060, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,048, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079535 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 6/4007 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3764 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system for acquiring image data of a subject, comprising:
a gantry having a fixed gantry portion and a moveable gantry portion, wherein the moveable gantry portion is configured to move relative to the fixed gantry portion to allow access to an imaging region defined by the gantry, wherein the gantry in a closed configuration is configured to surround at least a portion of the imaging region and define a rotation axis;
a source assembly configured to move about the rotation axis within the gantry;
a plurality of source portions positioned within the source assembly, wherein each source portion is configured to selectively emit x-rays;
a detector configured to move about the rotation axis within the gantry, wherein the detector is configured to detect the emitted x-rays; and
a controller configured to execute instructions to acquire image data of the subject in the imaging region with at least one source portion of the plurality of source portions;
wherein a first sub-plurality of source portions of the plurality of source portions are configured to acquire a first image data;
wherein a second sub-plurality of source portions of the plurality of source portions are configured to acquire a second image data;
wherein the source assembly including the plurality of source portions is positioned non-parallel with a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the gantry and are positioned anti-symmetrical relative to the detector.