VARIABLE LINE LENGTH SCANNING PATTERNS

Methods and apparatus are provided for improved image acquisition rates in medical imaging compared to that of sector scanning methods using lines of constant length absent variable length lines. An embodiment includes scanning a central angular region of a volume of interest using a plurality of fi...

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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatus are provided for improved image acquisition rates in medical imaging compared to that of sector scanning methods using lines of constant length absent variable length lines. An embodiment includes scanning a central angular region of a volume of interest using a plurality of fixed line lengths and scanning outside of the central angular region of the volume of interest using a plurality of variable length lines.