Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process and device for deploying an anti-scattering grid
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Application No.: US13329356Application Date: 2011-12-19
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Publication No.: US09770215B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Henri Souchay , Mathias Cisaruk
- Applicant: Henri Souchay , Mathias Cisaruk
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operations
- Agent Marc A. Vivenzio
- Priority: FR1061334 20101229
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B6/06

Abstract:
A process for deploying an anti-scattering grid in a mammograph is provided. The mammograph comprises a radiation source configured to emit radiation for taking mammographic images of a patient, a radiation detector comprising a network of sensors arranged periodically with a first pitch, and an anti-scattering grid arranged between the source and the detector, the anti-scattering grid comprising absorption laminates of radiations arranged parallel to each other and distributed periodically with a second pitch. The process comprises: displacing the anti-scattering grid relative to the detector or displacing the detector relative to the anti-scattering grid during emission of radiation; and adapting the second pitch to the first pitch, wherein displacement is perpendicular to the direction of the laminates of the anti-scattering grid, the laminates being arranged parallel to a side of the anti-scattering grid positioned against the patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120170711A1 PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR DEPLOYING AN ANTI-SCATTERING GRID Public/Granted day:2012-07-05
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