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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Haruo Kurochi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Kurochi, Tokyo, JP;
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A collimator module (A) comprises a plurality of collimator single plates () having a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides and a pair of blocks () including a plurality of first grooves () extending along an irradiation direction of the X-rays. The short sides are inserted into the first grooves to support the collimator single plates. A supporting member is configured to cover the long sides from an incident side and an emission side of the X-rays. The supporting member includes an incident side fixing sheet () and an emission side fixing sheet () each having a plurality of second grooves into which the long sides are inserted to support the plurality of collimator single plates. The fixing sheets cover the first grooves and at least a portion of each of the long sides.