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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Uwe Wiedmann, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Naveen Stephan Chandra, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jed Douglas Pack, Glenville, NY (US);
Yannan Jin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Denis Perrillat-Amede, Buc, FR;
Jean-Francois Larroux, Buc, FR;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Acquisition of X-ray transmission data at three or more energy levels is described. Various implementations utilize generator waveforms that utilize fast-switching, slow-switching, or a combination of fast- and slow-switching to transition between X-ray energy levels. In addition, various sampling arrangements for sampling and/or binning three or more energy levels of X-ray transmission data are discussed. The use of these data in subsequent processing steps, such for material decomposition and/or improvement of dual-energy material decomposition processing, are also described.