US 12,465,298 B2
Robotic arm-based clinical micro-CT system and method
Ge Wang, Loudonville, NY (US); Mengzhou Li, Troy, NY (US); Zheng Fang, Troy, NY (US); and Wenxiang Cong, Albany, NY (US)
Assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US)
Filed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,948.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/399,346, filed on Aug. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/323,751, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,616, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0133386 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/032 (2013.01) [A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/4458 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A micro-CT (computed tomography) apparatus comprising:
an x-ray source coupled to a source robotic arm;
an x-ray detector coupled to a detector robotic arm;
processor circuitry, including one or more graphics processing units;
a user interface; and
memory circuitry, configured to store in memory a plurality of functional modules and data,
wherein the plurality of functional modules includes:
a data acquisition module configured to acquire local scan data of a volume of interest (VOI) contained in an imaging object, and
a reconstruction module configured to reconstruct an image of the VOI based, at least in part, on the local scan data, and based, at least in part, on background compensation data.