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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Chad Allan Smith, Franklin, WI (US);
Mark Edmund Reznicek, Sussex, WI (US);
Ariel Friedlander, Mequon, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/586 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/527 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for measuring vibrations in an imaging system. In one embodiment, a method for a computed tomography (CT) system includes measuring a vibration level of a rotatable gantry of the CT system with a balance sensor coupled to a stationary housing of the CT system and outputting a notification indicating potential image artifacts based on the vibration level exceeding a vibration threshold.