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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2007
James William Hugg, Glenville, NY (US);
Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Jorge Uribe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James William Hugg, Glenville, NY (US);
Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Jorge Uribe, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include an imaging system that includes a collimator support base and a detector assembly. The collimator support base is configured to interchangeably accept a slit aperture collimator and a pinhole aperture collimator. The slit aperture collimator has either a corresponding septa assembly or a corresponding crossed-slit collimator. The detector assembly is configured to detect collimated gamma rays emanating from a subject in a field of view of the imaging system and generate one or more signals in response to the detected gamma rays. Methods of adjusting performance of imaging systems are also provided.