Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic bowtie filter for cone-beam/multi-slice CT
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Application No.: US14924495Application Date: 2015-10-27
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Publication No.: US10092257B2Publication Date: 2018-10-09
- Inventor: Ge Wang , Fenglin Liu , Wenxiang Cong , Qingsong Yang
- Applicant: Ge Wang , Fenglin Liu , Wenxiang Cong , Qingsong Yang
- Applicant Address: US NY Troy
- Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Current Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Troy
- Agency: Murtha Cullina LLP
- Agent Anthony P. Gangemi
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03
Abstract:
Dynamic bowties, imaging systems including a bowtie, and methods of imaging including such bowties or systems are provided. A bowtie can be a three-dimensional (3-D) dynamic bowtie and can include a highly-attenuating bowtie (HB) and a weakly-attenuating bowtie (WB). The HB can be filled with a liquid, and the WB can be immersed in the liquid of the HB.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160113602A1 DYNAMIC BOWTIE FILTER FOR CONE-BEAM/MULTI-SLICE CT Public/Granted day:2016-04-28
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