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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Sripriya Varadharajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Souma Sengupta, Foster City, CA (US);
Sanjay Kumar Jha, Foster City, CA (US);
Brian Patrick Smyth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sripriya Varadharajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Souma Sengupta, Foster City, CA (US);
Sanjay Kumar Jha, Foster City, CA (US);
Brian Patrick Smyth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the alignment of a fourth generation Computed Tomography (CT) system is provided. The method includes receiving X-ray scan data from the CT system, and processing the received X-ray scan data to automatically generate alignment correction information to align the CT system.