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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2022
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Brian E Nett, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Jonathan S Maltz, Oakland, CA (US);
Chad A Smith, Franklin, WI (US);
Brandon A. Smith, Waukesha, WI (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for performing computed tomography (CT) scans using different detector materials within a single CT system. In one embodiment, a CT system comprises a hybrid detector assembly coupled to a rotatable portion of a gantry of the CT system, the hybrid detector assembly including a plurality of detector arrays, the detector arrays separated along a direction parallel to an axis of motion of a table of the CT system, each detector array of the plurality of detector arrays including a different detector material. The hybrid detector assembly may be mounted on a translation mechanism configured to allow a position of the hybrid detector assembly to change within the rotatable portion of the gantry between a first acquisition of projection data and a second acquisition of projection data, to center an x-ray tube on a detector array of the hybrid detector assembly having a desired detector material.