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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas L. Toth, Brookefield, WI (US);
Tsur Bernstein, Glendale, WI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas L. Toth, Brookefield, WI (US);
Tsur Bernstein, Glendale, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention includes a filtering apparatus for a CT imaging system or equivalently for an x-ray imaging system. The filtering apparatus may be translated along a first axis or a transverse axis to with respect to an attenuation pattern of a subject during an imaging session to reduce radiation exposure to anatomical regions of the subject sensitive to radiation exposure and/or regions from which data is not being acquired.