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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 10, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Biju Jacob, Schenectady, NY (US);
Brian David Yanoff, Schenectady, NY (US);
Xue Rui, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/585 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 2223/303 (2013.01); G01N 2223/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present approach relates to self-calibration of CT detectors based on detected misalignment of the detector and X-ray source. The present approach make the detector more robust to changes against temperature and focal spot movements. The diagnostic image generated by energy resolving calibrated response signals is able to present enhanced features compared to conventional CT based diagnostic images.