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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Zhaoping Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Haochuan Jiang, Brookfield, WI (US);
Joseph James Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
James S. Vartuli, Rexford, NY (US);
Yunfeng Sun, Beijing, CN;
Qun Deng, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Kun Tao, Shanghai, CN;
Zhaohui Yang, Shanghai, CN;
Zhaoping Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Haochuan Jiang, Brookfield, WI (US);
Joseph James Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
James S. Vartuli, Rexford, NY (US);
Yunfeng Sun, Beijing, CN;
Qun Deng, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
Kun Tao, Shanghai, CN;
Zhaohui Yang, Shanghai, CN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A two dimensional collimator assembly and method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. The collimator assembly includes a wall structure constructed to form a two dimensional array of channels to collimate x-rays. The wall structure further includes a first portion positioned proximate the object to be scanned and configured to absorb scattered x-rays and a second portion formed integrally with the first portion and extending out from the first portion away from the object to be scanned. The first portion of the wall structure has a height greater than a height of the second portion of the wall structure. The second portion of the wall structure includes a reflective material coated thereon in each of the channels forming the two dimensional array of channels.