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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2003
Steven Gerard Ross, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Louis Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Willi Walter Hampel, Hartland, WI (US);
Bruce Matthew Dunham, Mequon, WI (US);
Steven Gerard Ross, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Louis Toth, Brookfield, WI (US);
Willi Walter Hampel, Hartland, WI (US);
Bruce Matthew Dunham, Mequon, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
An imaging system including is described. The imaging system includes a radiation source configured to generate a beam, a collimator configured to collimate the beam to generate a collimated beam, and a detector configured to detect the collimated beam. The collimator is one of a first collimator with a curved contour proportional to a contour of the detector, a second collimator with blades, where slopes of two oppositely-facing surfaces of at least one of the blades are different from each other, and a third collimator having at least two sets of plates, where the plates in a set pivot with respect to each other.