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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for a sensor design in a computed tomography (CT) detector of a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, a detector array may include a post-patient collimator assembly arranged between a detector array and an x-ray source, the collimator assembly having a plurality of collimator plates aligned substantially parallel with a radial direction of an imaging system, a plurality of imaging sensors located in the detector array, and a plurality of non-imaging sensors located in the detector array. In another embodiment, a method may include correcting an imaging sensor signal based on a signal output from a non-imaging sensor.