CPC A61B 6/035 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4411 (2013.01); A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/4447 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61N 5/1064 (2013.01); H01L 27/14618 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01); A61B 6/588 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0437 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0443 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); G01N 2223/301 (2013.01); G01N 2223/321 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3303 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3304 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
1. An x-ray imaging system, comprising:
an O-shaped gantry including a housing and defining an imaging bore;
an x-ray source located within the housing of the gantry;
a detector system located within the housing of the gantry opposite the x-ray source, the detector system including a plurality of x-ray sensitive detector elements defining a contiguous detector area having an elongated central portion and a pair of peripheral portions arranged on opposing sides of the central portion to define a panel region; and
a drive system for rotating the x-ray source and the detector system around the imaging bore;
wherein the central portion defines a central portion length and a central portion width, and the panel region defines a panel length and a panel width, the central portion length being greater than the panel length, and the panel width being greater than the central portion width.
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