Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aperture, collimator, and X-ray tomographic imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US15719955Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US10433798B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Kentaro Ogata , Kotaro Yamaura , Brandon Allan Smith
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/06

Abstract:
An aperture comprises blocking members and for blocking X-rays. The blocking member has: an edge formed on an arc A1 lying on a circumference CF2 of a circle with radius r2 around a focal spot f in an XY-plane; an edge connected to one endpoint of the edge, the edge being formed to lie on the side of the X-ray detector with respect to an arc A11 contiguous to the arc A1; and an edge connected to the other endpoint of the edge, the edge being formed to lie on the side of the X-ray detector with respect to an arc A12 contiguous to the arc A1. The blocking member has: an edge formed on an arc A2 lying on the circumference CF2 of the circle with radius r2 around the focal spot f in the XY-plane; an edge connected to one endpoint of the edge, the edge being formed to lie on the side of the X-ray detector with respect to an arc A21 contiguous to the arc A2; and an edge connected to the other endpoint 23b of the edge, the edge being formed to lie on the side of the X-ray detector with respect to an arc A22 contiguous to the arc A2.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190099136A1 APERTURE, COLLIMATOR, AND X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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