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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas Murray Leeds, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Abdelaziz Ikhlef, Hartland, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);
Thomas Murray Leeds, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Abdelaziz Ikhlef, Hartland, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/04 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01); G21K 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/4014 (2013.01); G21K 1/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A collimator for an imaging system includes a first region comprising a first one-dimensional array of apertures along a channel direction, and a second region comprising a second one-dimensional array of apertures along the channel direction, wherein an aspect ratio of the apertures of the first region is greater than an aspect ratio of the second region.