US 12,076,172 B2
System and method for imaging
Patrick A. Helm, Milton, MA (US); and Shuanghe Shi, Southborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,728.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,048, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
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.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079536 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); 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 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system for acquiring image data of a subject, comprising:
a gantry configured to at least partially surround an imaging region;
a source assembly configured to be positioned relative to the imaging region at least in part by the gantry, wherein the source assembly includes at least a first source portion and a second source portion, wherein the first source portion is spaced a source distance away from the second source portion;
a single detector configured to be positioned relative to the imaging region at least in part by the gantry, wherein the detector is configured to be positioned to detect image data from both the first source portion and the second source portion substantially simultaneously; and
a controller configured to execute instructions to:
operate the first source portion and the second source portion to selectively emit the x-rays through the imaging region to be detected at the single detector,
generate image data based on the substantially simultaneously detection at the single detector; and
register the image data to an additional image;
wherein the additional image is acquired separate from the image data.