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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Judy Couture, Schenectady, NY (US);
Richard Larry Anderton, West Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/02 (2006.01); G01T 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of imaging a patient and an X-ray dosimetry system are provided. The X-ray dosimetry system includes a support platform configured to support an object to be imaged and a digital X-ray dosimeter mounted on a surface of the support platform, the X-ray dosimeter configured to receive incident radiation prior to the incident radiation having passed through the object to be imaged, the X-ray dosimeter comprising a thickness of less than about four millimeters.