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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2022
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Biju Jacob, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mark Adamak, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Brian Yanoff, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jonathan Short, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Katsumasa Nose, Tokyo, JP;
Hengshan Gao, Tokyo, JP;
GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
There is provided an X-ray imaging system having an X-ray source, an X-ray detector and a collimator assembly in the X-ray path between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector. The X-ray detector comprises a plurality of detector modules arranged side-by-side and adapted to be oriented towards the X-ray source, the detector modules being arranged side-by-side along a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of incoming X-rays. The collimator assembly is based on a plurality of spaced collimator plates arranged side-by-side in a direction coinciding with the direction of the detector modules. The collimator assembly further comprises a physically stabilizing lateral support structure arranged in a lateral plane extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of incoming X-rays.