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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhye Yin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xiaoyu Tian, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to projection-based dose estimation for X-ray systems, such as X-ray imaging systems. For example, in one embodiment, an X-ray system is capable of estimating an X-ray dose based on an intensity profile of the detected X-rays that have passed through a scanned object and an estimated mass of the object. In one embodiment, the intensity profile may be compared to a baseline scan to acquire an estimate of energy interaction with the object.