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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2019
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Dominic Joseph Crotty, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Brookfield, WI (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray tube conditioning for a computed tomography imaging method. In one embodiment, a scout scan may be carried out prior to a diagnostic to warmup the x-ray tube to a desired temperature for the diagnostic scan. A scout scan parameter optimizing algorithm may be used to determine scout scan parameters based on a selected patient absorbed dose range and an amount of energy to be imparted to an x-ray tube during the scout scan preceding a diagnostic scan. By using a hardening filter in the path of the x-ray beam, radiation absorbed dose of the subject being scanned may be limited to the selected patient absorbed dose range.