Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for collimating
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Application No.: US14115494Application Date: 2012-05-09
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Publication No.: US09786401B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Karel Deprez , Karen Van Audenhaege , Roel Van Holen , Stefaan Vandenberghe
- Applicant: Karel Deprez , Karen Van Audenhaege , Roel Van Holen , Stefaan Vandenberghe
- Applicant Address: BE Ghent
- Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
- Current Assignee Address: BE Ghent
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: EP11165483 20110510
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/058589 WO 20120509
- International Announcement: WO2012/152851 WO 20121115
- Main IPC: G21K1/04
- IPC: G21K1/04 ; A61B6/03 ; A61B6/06 ; G21K1/02

Abstract:
A collimating system (100) for collimating radiation received under different angles for performing tomography is described. The collimating system (100) comprises a static collimator (110) comprising a plurality of collimating apertures (112), shutters (120) for separately and temporarily shutting at least two of said collimating apertures (112), wherein the shutters (120) having a shutting element (122) for blocking said at least two collimating apertures (112), and at least one collimating element (140) distinct from the shutting element (122) for collimating radiation passing through non-shut collimating apertures (112) in a direction so as to control overlap between radiation stemming from different non-shut collimating apertures (112). The invention also relates to an imaging system comprising such a collimating system, a method for collimating and a corresponding controller and software related products.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140077095A1 Method and System for Collimating Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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