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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:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/10 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); G01T 1/161 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4266 (2013.01); G01T 1/161 (2013.01); G01T 1/249 (2013.01); G06T 11/005 (2013.01); A61B 6/503 (2013.01); A61B 6/545 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20172 (2013.01);
Abstract
A customizable and upgradable imaging system is provided. Imaging detector columns are installed in a gantry to receive imaging information about a subject. Imaging detector columns can extend and retract radially as well as be rotated orbitally around the gantry. The system can provide detector columns that include both high and low energy collimation. The detector columns may also use side shielding and adaptively disable detector elements based on emission information and shielding information. This system can be a Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging system to acquire Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) image information.