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  • Apparatus for acquisition of CT data with penumbra attenuation calibration
    Patent number: 7424090
    Abstract: The present invention is a directed method and apparatus for collimating a radiation beam such that the full intensity of the radiation beam does not impinge detectors of a radiation detector assembly that are particularly susceptible to saturation or over-ranging. This collimation can be dynamically adjusted on a per view basis using empirical or scout scan data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jerome Stephen Arenson, David Ruimi, Oded Meirav, Robert Harry Armstrong