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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:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hui Hu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Stanley Fox, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas L Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thaddeus Ulijasz, Brookfield, WI (US);
Armin H Pfoh, New Berlin, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250367 ;
Abstract
Image artifacts are reduced in a volumetric CT scanner system by decreasing the detector pitch along one or both dimensions of a 2D detector array. Four different embodiments for reducing detector pitch without reducing the size of each detector element are disclosed.