Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for dual-energy computed tomography imaging
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Application No.: US14871270Application Date: 2015-09-30
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Publication No.: US10165996B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Priti Madhav , Uwe Wiedmann , Eric Biehr , Jiahua Fan , Jean-Francois Larroux , Vijay Subramanian
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Dean D. Small
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/06

Abstract:
An imaging system includes a computed tomography (CT) acquisition unit and a processing unit. The CT acquisition unit includes an X-ray source and a CT detector. The processing unit is configured to determine a voltage delivery configuration for the X-ray source based on at least one of a patient size, a clinical task, or scan parameters. The voltage delivery configuration includes at least one of a transition configuration or a voltage threshold. The transition configuration corresponds to a transition between a high voltage and a low voltage. Portions of acquired data acquired above the voltage threshold are grouped as high energy data and portions acquired below the voltage threshold are grouped as low energy data. The processing unit is also configured to implement the voltage delivery configuration on the CT acquisition unit, and to control the CT acquisition unit to perform an imaging scan using the determined voltage delivery configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170086775A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DUAL-ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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