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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bin Wang, ChengDu, CN;
Jiang Hsieh, Waukesha, WI (US);
Xianjun Pan, Beijing, CN;
Jiaqin Dong, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/4021 (2013.01); A61B 6/4078 (2013.01); A61B 6/582 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A collimator for use in a CT system made of an X-ray absorbing material, the collimator comprises an imaging aperture having a first width for passage of a first X-ray beam, the first X-ray beam being used for X-ray imaging, and a tracking aperture having a second width for passage of a second X-ray beam, the second X-ray beam being used for X-ray beam tracking.