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What is the primary difference between first-generation and second-generation CT systems?
What is the primary difference between first-generation and second-generation CT systems?
- The type of algorithm used for reconstruction
- The speed of the translation
- The orientation of the detectors
- The use of a fan beam instead of a pencil beam (correct)
How do second-generation CT scanners improve scanning times?
How do second-generation CT scanners improve scanning times?
- By using a more complex reconstruction algorithm
- By acquiring multiple views during each translation (correct)
- By reducing the number of detectors
- By using a pencil beam instead of a fan beam
What is a characteristic of second-generation CT system reconstruction algorithms?
What is a characteristic of second-generation CT system reconstruction algorithms?
- They require fewer detectors
- They are more complex due to fan-beam projection data (correct)
- They use pencil beam projection data
- They are simpler than those for first-generation systems
What is the average duration of a CT scan using a second-generation scanner?
What is the average duration of a CT scan using a second-generation scanner?
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What advantage do second-generation CT scanners offer in terms of scanning objects of varying sizes?
What advantage do second-generation CT scanners offer in terms of scanning objects of varying sizes?
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Study Notes
Second-Generation CT Systems
- Retain the same translate/rotate scan geometry as first-generation CT systems
- Replace pencil beam with a fan beam
- Replace single detector with multiple detectors (ranging from 5 to 30)
- Acquire a series of views during each translation, leading to shorter scanning times
- Scanning time per slice: approximately 20 seconds
- Average duration of scan: less than 90 seconds
- Capable of scanning objects of a wide range of sizes
- Reconstruction algorithms are more complicated than first-generation algorithms
- Reconstruction algorithms handle fan-beam projection data
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