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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2015
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Cyril Riddell, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;

Yves Lucien Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/06 (2006.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01); H01J 35/02 (2006.01); H01J 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/06 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01); G21K 1/04 (2013.01); H01J 35/025 (2013.01); H01J 37/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to a medical imaging method comprising: emitting a radiation beam from a radiation source of a rotating gantry, preferably of a rotating C-arm, on a volume of interest, varying collimation of said emitted radiation beam so as to change at least part-time a field of view of said emitted radiation beam so that there are at least a first part and a second part of said volume of interest such that, when said first part of said volume of interest is imaged, said second part of said volume of interest is shuttered, and when said second part of said volume of interest is imaged, said first part of said volume of interest is shuttered.


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