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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Moshe Levy, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Roee Khen, Haifa, IL;
Nathan Hermony, Caesarea, IL;
Yaron Hefetz, Herzeliya, IL;
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for additive manufacturing of collimators for medical imaging applications. In one example, a collimator may include a plurality of collimator segments including a plurality of septa, wherein at least one collimator segment may be interlocked with at least one adjacent collimator segment via mating of one or more projections with one or more complementary recesses, each of the one or more projections including a lengthwise portion of at least one septum of the plurality of septa.