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Helical (spiral) scanning<br />

• Continuous gantry rotation + continuous table feed<br />

• Scan data traces a helical path - or ‘spiral’ - around<br />

patient<br />

– data used to form axial images<br />

Detector array<br />

x-axis<br />

Sub-mm detectors<br />

Full extent <strong>of</strong> detector matrix<br />

z-axis<br />

xy plane<br />

Harefield <strong>Cardiac</strong> Course<br />

z

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