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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armin H Pfoh, New Berlin, WI (US);
Norbert J Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas L Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 19 ; 378207 ;
Abstract
A 3rd generation CT system produces gain calibration factors (.gamma.) for each channel of a detector array while a scan is being performed. Redundant views are acquired during the scan but the x-ray intensity values in the second view are shifted to the adjacent detector channel by focal spot wobbling the x-ray source. Gain calibration factors (.gamma.) are calculated using the ratio (.beta.) of x-ray intensity values measured at adjacent detector channels.