Invention Application
- Patent Title: MULTI-DETECTOR IMAGING SYSTEM WITH X-RAY DETECTION
- Patent Title (中): 具有X射线检测的多检测器成像系统
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Application No.: US14616217Application Date: 2015-02-06
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Publication No.: US20160081635A1Publication Date: 2016-03-24
- Inventor: Lucas Jason Divine , Jean-Paul Bouhnik , Joseph Lacey
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: A61B6/06
- IPC: A61B6/06 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03

Abstract:
An imaging system is provided that includes a gantry, a plurality of image detectors, an x-ray source, an adjustable source collimator, and at least one processor. The image detectors are radially spaced around a circumference of the bore such that gaps exist between adjacent image detectors. The x-ray source transmits x-rays across the bore towards at least two of the image detectors. The adjustable source collimator is interposed between the x-ray source and a center of the bore, and is configured to block a portion of the x-rays produced by the x-ray source The at least one processor is configured to control the adjustable source collimator to dynamically adjust a range of x-rays that are blocked by the adjustable source collimator along the fan angle during transmission of x-rays from the x-ray source and acquisition of computed tomography (CT) information.
Public/Granted literature
- US09968310B2 Multi-detector imaging system with x-ray detection Public/Granted day:2018-05-15
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