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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2007
Takashi Yasunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Brian Graves, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gerhardt E. Schweinert, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Paul Michael Ratzmann, Germantown, WI (US);
Takashi Yasunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Brian Graves, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gerhardt E. Schweinert, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Paul Michael Ratzmann, Germantown, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A CT detector includes a scintillator module including at least one scintillator configured to be impinged with radiographic energy from a radiographic energy source, at least one indexing pin connected to the scintillator module, and a collimator assembly having at least one comb, wherein the collimator assembly defines a relative position of the at least one comb, and wherein the at least one comb has a plurality of teeth configured to engage the at least one indexing pin.