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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Arka Datta, Waukegan, IL (US);
John Moore Boudry, Waukesha, WI (US);
Brandon Allan Smith, Waukesha, WI (US);
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A method for verifying aperture positions of a pre-patient collimator of a computed tomography (CT) imaging system includes obtaining data collected by an X-ray measurement device having detector elements subjected to X-rays emitted from an X-ray source of the CT imaging system with the pre-patient collimator at an expected aperture position. The method also includes calculating a measured collimator aperture position for the pre-patient collimator based on the obtained data. The method further includes comparing the measured collimator aperture position to a system specification for the expected aperture position for the CT imaging system. The method even further includes generating an output based on the comparison of the measured collimator aperture position to the system specification.