Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC

Willi Walter Hampel

Thomas L Toth

Gregory Alan Steinlage

Bruce Matthew Dunham

Brian D Lounsberry

Steven Gerard Ross

David Bradford Chapin

An imaging system including is described. The imaging system includes a radiation source configured to generate a beam, a collimator configured to collimate the beam to generate a collimated beam, and a detector configured to detect the collimated beam. The collimator is one of a first collimator with a curved contour proportional to a contour of the detector, a second collimator with blades, where slopes of two oppositely-facing surfaces of at least one of the blades are different from each other, and a third collimator having at least two sets of plates, where the plates in a set pivot with respect to each other.

Systems and methods for reducing radiation dosage

An imaging tube ( ) and an apparatus ( ) and a method for pre-balancing the imaging tube ( ) for use in an imaging system ( ) are provided. The imaging tube mass and center of mass are determined. Desired values for the imaging tube mass and imaging tube center of mass are also determined. A mass correction value and a center of mass correction value are calculated in response to the imaging tube mass, the imaging tube center of mass, and the desired values. The imaging tube mass and the imaging tube center of mass are adjusted in response to the mass correction value and the center of mass correction value respectively.

X-ray tube balancing method

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Hartland, WI, United States of America

Willi Walter Hampel