Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-frequency anti-scatter grid movement profile for line cancellation
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Application No.: US15082812Application Date: 2016-03-28
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Publication No.: US09968316B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Colin Auclair , Carlos Martinez Ferreira , Remy Andre Klausz , Henri Souchay , Mathias Cisaruk
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Priority: FR1061334 20101229; FR1651669 20160229
- 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 radiation adsorbing strips 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; adapting the second pitch to the first pitch, wherein displacement is perpendicular to the direction of the strips of the anti-scattering grid, the strips being arranged parallel to a side of the anti-scattering grid positioned against the patient, and altering the positions of the return points between successive periods of the displacement motion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160206259A1 HIGH FREQUENCY ANTI-SCATTER GRID MOVEMENT PROFILE FOR LINE CANCELLATION Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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