Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-detector imaging system with x-ray detection
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Application No.: US14616217Application Date: 2015-02-06
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Publication No.: US09968310B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Lucas Jason Divine , Jean-Paul Bouhnik , Joseph Lacey
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Dean D. Small
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/06 ; 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
- US20160081635A1 MULTI-DETECTOR IMAGING SYSTEM WITH X-RAY DETECTION Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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