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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Yaron Hefetz, Kibbutz alonim, IL;
Inventors:
Floribertus P. M. Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Yaron Hefetz, Kibbutz alonim, IL;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for collimation in diagnostic imaging systems is provided. One collimation system includes a collimator for a radiation imaging detector having a plurality of adjustable segments and a plurality of collimator holes within each of the plurality of adjustable segments. The plurality of adjustable segments are configured to move independently of a detector to adjust a field of view of the collimator holes.