US Patent 11185295 Imaging systems and methods thereof

An imaging system includes a collimator assembly, a detector assembly and a control device. The collimator assembly is configured to collimate photons emitted from an imaged subject. The collimator assembly includes a plurality of slit-plates, each of the plurality slit-plates including one or more slits configured to collimate the photons in a first direction, and a plurality of slats parallel to a transverse plane of the imaging system. The detector assembly is configured to generate signals based on the collimated photons. The control device is configured to place the plurality of slit-plates in a plurality of locations to provide a plurality of fields of view of the imaging system.