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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:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

John Irvin Jackson, Brookfield, WI (US);

Dominic Joseph Crotty, Waukesha, WI (US);

Franco Rupcich, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

John Londt, Oconomowoc, WI (US);

Mark Vincent Profio, Elm Grove, WI (US);

Darin Robert Okerlund, Muskego, WI (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/542 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for adjusting medical imaging parameters based on imaging parameters used during a previous imaging session. In one embodiment, a method for a computed tomography (CT) system includes reducing a radiation level of at least one CT scan of one or more successive CT scans performed on a patient based on CT scan information obtained from a previous CT scan performed on the patient, the radiation level reduced relative to a radiation level of the previous CT scan.


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