DYNAMIC ADJUSTABLE SOURCE COLLIMATION DURING FLY-BY SCANNING

摘要

A medical imaging system (100) includes a radiation source (112) that rotates around an examination region about a longitudinal axis and emits radiation while translating in a direction of the longitudinal axis during a fly-by scan. A source collimator (114) collimates the emitted radiation during the fly-by scan to form a generally conical shaped radiation beam that traverses the examination region. The source collimator (114) dynamically varies collimation during the scan so as to increase and decrease a width of the radiation beam in the longitudinal axis direction during the scan. A detector array (122) detects radiation that traverses the examination region and generates signals indicative thereof. A reconstructor (126) reconstructs the signals to generate volumetric image data indicative of the examination region.