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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Applicants:
Rodney Arnold Mattson, Mentor, OH (US);
Randall Peter Luhta, Chardon, OH (US);
Inventors:
Rodney Arnold Mattson, Mentor, OH (US);
Randall Peter Luhta, Chardon, OH (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01); G21K 1/10 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system () includes a radiation source () that emits radiation from a focal spot () in a direction of an examination region. The imaging system further includes a beam shaper (), located between the focal spot and the examination region, that shapes an x-ray transmission profile of the radiation emitted from the source and incident on the beam shaper such that the radiation leaving the beam shaper has a pre-determined transmission profile.