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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Marinus Antonius Dimphna Maria Loos, Eindhoven, NL;
Felix Godfried Peter Peeters, Eindhoven, NL;
Marinus Antonius Dimphna Maria Loos, Eindhoven, NL;
Felix Godfried Peter Peeters, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to x-ray filters in a collimator for controlling the energy of an x-ray beam along a projection axis in computed tomography systems. According to the invention, the filter assembly comprises a filter element for attenuating the x-ray beam, and at least a support plate which fixes the filter element. The filter element and the support plate are notch-shaped in the center part of the filter assembly along a direction perpendicular to the projection axis. The design may free space to be used by other collimator parts and further allows use of more than one filter element in a filter assembly for backup purposes. This simplifies replacement of a defective x-ray filter in the field.
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