(19)
(11) EP 1 941 264 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.10.2007

(43) Date of publication:
09.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/28

(21) Application number: 06815214.9

(22) Date of filing: 22.09.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01N 23/04(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2006/037046
(87) International publication number:
WO 2007/038306 (05.04.2007 Gazette 2007/14)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 23.09.2005 US 720176 P

(71) Applicant: The University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4105 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • ZHOU, Otto, Z.
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (US)
  • LU, Jianping
    Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (US)
  • ZHANG, Jian
    Carrboro, NC 27510 (US)
  • YANG, Guang
    Carrboro, NC 27510 (US)
  • LEE, Yueh
    Durham, NC 27713 (US)
  • QIU, Qi
    Cary, NC 27513 (US)
  • CHENG, Yuan
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (US)

(74) Representative: Skuhra, Udo 
Reinhard-Skuhra-Weise & Partner GbR Friedrichstrasse 31
80801 München
80801 München (DE)

   


(54) METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MULTIPLEXING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY