Abstract: A computed tomography apparatus (10) for performing volumetric helical imaging acquires helical computed tomography imaging data (72) using a tilted gantry geometry. In the tilted gantry geometry, a rotational plane of a rotating radiation source (16) is tilted at an angle (&khgr;) with respect to a direction (Z) of linear motion of a subject. A transform processor (40) transforms (74) the imaging data (72) to a zero tilt geometry. A rebinning processor (50) rebins (110) the transformed imaging data (76) to a non-sheared detector window. A reconstruction processor (54) reconstructs (130) the transformed and rebinned imaging data (112) to generate a three-dimensional image representation (132). Optionally, an image transform processor (56) transforms (134) the reconstructed image representation (132) with an inverse of the zero tilt geometry transformation (74).

Abstract: A computed tomography apparatus (10) for performing volumetric helical imaging acquires helical computed tomography imaging data (72) using a tilted gantry geometry. In the tilted gantry geometry, a rotational plane of a rotating radiation source (16) is tilted at an angle (&khgr;) with respect to a direction (Z) of linear motion of a subject. A transform processor (40) transforms (74) the imaging data (72) to a zero tilt geometry. A rebinning processor (50) rebins (110) the transformed imaging data (76) to a non-sheared detector window. A reconstruction processor (54) reconstructs (130) the transformed and rebinned imaging data (112) to generate a three-dimensional image representation (132). Optionally, an image transform processor (56) transforms (134) the reconstructed image representation (132) with an inverse of the zero tilt geometry transformation (74).