Imaging system using multisource collimation and a method assembly and system for providing multisource collimation
US8964942B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/2985
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a collimator assembly for a multi-radiation-source medical imaging system (e.g. CT) and a medical imaging system utilizing the collimator. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a collimator assembly including at least two apertures, which apertures are adjustable substantially synchronously by one or more actuators.
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