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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vance Scott Robinson, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ertugrul Berkcan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Sergiy Zalyubovsky, Schenectady, NY (US);
Marco Francesco Aimi, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yizhen Lin, Cohoes, NY (US);
Yannan Jin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Robert Franklin Senzig, Germantown, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
X-ray imaging systems are provided that include an X-ray source and an X-ray detector. A filtering device is positioned between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector and includes one or more micro-filters each adapted to transition between an X-ray filtering position and an X-ray non-filtering position. A controller is programmed to control operation of the micro-filters.