SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONE BEAM VOLUME COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY USING CIRCLE-PLUS-MULTIPLE-ARC ORBIT

Cone beam volume computed tomography (CBVCT) is carried out by taking signals along an orbit having a circle plus two or more arcs. A reconstruction algorithm is provided to add a correction term to the Feldkamp algorithm and to use the arc data to reconstruct data which cannot be recovered from the circle scan. The part of the reconstruction algorithm for the circle orbit uses filtering functions to simplify digital signal processing. The part of the reconstruction algorithm for the arc orbits uses a window function to resolve data redundancy.