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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:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

May. 17, 2019
Applicant:

GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Inventors:

Jiahua Fan, New Berlin, WI (US);

Zhoubo Li, Libertyville, IL (US);

Mingye Wu, Glenville, NY (US);

Ryan Lemminger, New Berlin, WI (US);

Priti Madhav, Brookfield, WI (US);

Rajeshwari Karthikeyan, Nashotah, WI (US);

Assignee:

GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/544 (2013.01); A61B 6/405 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/488 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 2223/423 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 2211/408 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for dual energy imaging. In one embodiment, a method for a dual energy imaging system comprises determining a first tube potential and a second tube potential according to a size of a subject, and controlling the dual energy imaging system with the first tube potential and the second tube potential to generate lower energy x-rays and higher energy x-rays respectively to image the subject. In this way, image quality may be increased while minimizing dose during dual energy imaging of a particular imaging subject.


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