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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Applicant:
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Vishwanath Nayak, Bangalore, IN;
Saiesh Suryakant Raiker, Margao, IN;
Sanjay Dyavaiah Patil, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); G21K 1/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G21K 1/04 (2013.01); G21K 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pre-patient collimator for a CT imaging system is provided. The pre-patient collimator includes an additively manufactured housing having a plurality of walls having a variable thickness along each wall of the plurality of walls. The pre-patient collimator also includes an additively manufactured aperture carrier plate having variable thickness and a plurality of apertures configured to determine a size of an X-ray beam received from an X-ray source of the CT imaging system.