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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Tobias Funk, Martinez, CA (US);
Steve Denis Burion, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Joseph Anthony Heanue, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian Patrick Wilfley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Augustus Percival Lowell, Durham, NH (US);
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for adaptive exposure in imaging systems. An x-ray source for producing x-ray radiation and an x-ray detector for measuring amount of x-ray radiation passing through the human patient and striking the detector can be used. A tomographic image of the human patient or a tomosynthetic image of the human patient can be generated. Region of interest filtering and equalization filtering can be utilized. Filtering can be accomplished with a mechanical shield or shutter or with electronic control of the x-ray source.