公开(公告)号：US11832979B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17342324

申请日：2021-06-08

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man ,  Jed Douglas Pack ,  Mingye Wu ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Jean-Baptiste Thibault

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/06 ,  A61B6/04 ,  G06T7/20

CPC classification number: A61B6/4266 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/0407 ,  A61B6/06 ,  A61B6/4007 ,  A61B6/4014 ,  A61B6/4078 ,  A61B6/4275 ,  A61B6/4405 ,  A61B6/4411 ,  A61B6/4452 ,  A61B6/4476 ,  A61B6/5264 ,  A61B6/5282 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G06T11/003 ,  G06T11/006 ,  G06T2207/10081 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/30004 ,  G06T2211/40 ,  G06T2211/412

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, an imaging system comprises a stationary distributed x-ray source unit comprising a plurality of emitters positioned to emit x-ray beams through the imaging volume, one or more detector arrays extending around at least a portion of an imaging volume, each detector array comprising a plurality of detector elements, each detector element configured to receive x-ray beams from more than one emitter, and an anti-scatter device configured to be positioned between one or more emitters of the plurality of emitters and an object in the imaging volume.

公开(公告)号：US11439361B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16775978

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Mark Reznicek ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Charles Smith ,  James Kluth

IPC: G01N23/04 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  H01J35/02 ,  A61B6/04

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for reducing vibration in a rotating body of a medical imaging system. In an example, a dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) for a medical imaging system includes a mount portion including one or more apertures and adapted to fixedly couple to a mount surface within the imaging system; a sprung portion; and a vibrational tuner, where when the mount portion is mounted to the mount surface and during operation of the imaging system, the sprung portion moves relative to the mount surface, an amount of movement of the sprung portion based at least in part on the vibrational tuner.

公开(公告)号：US20240351108A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18762431

申请日：2024-07-02

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Yanju Wang ,  Jaroslaw Kurzac ,  Chad Allan Smith

IPC: B22F10/60 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/10 ,  B22F10/68 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G21K1/02

CPC classification number: B22F10/60 ,  B22F10/68 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G21K1/02 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/107 ,  B22F2301/20

Abstract: An imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes an additively manufactured three-dimensional (3D) collimator manufactured out of one or more materials, the one or more materials comprise a metal, and the additively manufactured (3D) collimator is configured to provide collimation on a beam emitted from an X-ray source of the imaging system and a coating disposed over surfaces of the additively manufactured 3D collimator, wherein the coating is configured to keep metal particles from leaking from the additively manufactured 3D collimator.

公开(公告)号：US20220212260A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17141773

申请日：2021-01-05

Applicant: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC

Inventor： Yanju Wang ,  Jaroslaw Kurzac ,  Chad Allan Smith

IPC: B22F10/60 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F10/68 ,  G21K1/02

Abstract: A method is provided for mitigating metal particle leakage from a three-dimensional printed part. The method includes providing an additively manufactured part manufactured out of one or more materials, and the one or more materials comprise a metal. The method also includes applying a coating over surfaces of the additively manufactured part to keep metal particles from leaking from the additively manufactured part.

公开(公告)号：US20210228172A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US16775978

申请日：2020-01-29

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Mark Reznicek ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Charles Smith ,  James Kluth

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/04 ,  H01J35/02

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for reducing vibration in a rotating body of a medical imaging system. In an example, a dynamic vibration absorber (DVA) for a medical imaging system includes a mount portion including one or more apertures and adapted to fixedly couple to a mount surface within the imaging system; a sprung portion; and a vibrational tuner, where when the mount portion is mounted to the mount surface and during operation of the imaging system, the sprung portion moves relative to the mount surface, an amount of movement of the sprung portion based at least in part on the vibrational tuner.

公开(公告)号：US11633163B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17342441

申请日：2021-06-08

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man ,  Jed Douglas Pack ,  Mingye Wu ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Jean-Baptiste Thibault

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/06 ,  A61B6/04 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system includes activating an emitter of a plurality of emitters of a stationary distributed x-ray source unit to emit an x-ray beam toward an object within an imaging volume, where the x-ray source unit does not rotate around the imaging volume, receiving the x-ray beam at a subset of detector elements of a plurality of detector elements of one or more detector arrays, sampling the plurality of detector elements to generate a total transmission profile, an attenuation profile, and a scatter measurement, generating a scatter-corrected attenuation profile by entering the total transmission profile, the attenuation profile, and the scatter measurement as inputs to a model, and reconstructing one or more images from the scatter-corrected attenuation profile.

公开(公告)号：US20210378619A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17342441

申请日：2021-06-08

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man ,  Jed Douglas Pack ,  Mingye Wu ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Jean-Baptiste Thibault

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  G06T11/00

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging system includes activating an emitter of a plurality of emitters of a stationary distributed x-ray source unit to emit an x-ray beam toward an object within an imaging volume, where the x-ray source unit does not rotate around the imaging volume, receiving the x-ray beam at a subset of detector elements of a plurality of detector elements of one or more detector arrays, sampling the plurality of detector elements to generate a total transmission profile, an attenuation profile, and a scatter measurement, generating a scatter-corrected attenuation profile by entering the total transmission profile, the attenuation profile, and the scatter measurement as inputs to a model, and reconstructing one or more images from the scatter-corrected attenuation profile.

公开(公告)号：US20210378618A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17342324

申请日：2021-06-08

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man ,  Jed Douglas Pack ,  Mingye Wu ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Jean-Baptiste Thibault

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/06

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for stationary CT imaging. In one embodiment, an imaging system comprises a stationary distributed x-ray source unit comprising a plurality of emitters positioned to emit x-ray beams through the imaging volume, one or more detector arrays extending around at least a portion of an imaging volume, each detector array comprising a plurality of detector elements, each detector element configured to receive x-ray beams from more than one emitter, and an anti-scatter device configured to be positioned between one or more emitters of the plurality of emitters and an object in the imaging volume.

公开(公告)号：US20210170681A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US16708868

申请日：2019-12-10

Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC

Inventor： Yanju Wang ,  Jimmie Autrey Beacham ,  Chad Allan Smith ,  Paul Michael Wervey

IPC: B29C64/165 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/10 ,  B29C64/364 ,  B33Y40/00

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a radiation shielding component of an imaging apparatus. In one embodiment, the radiation shielding component may be manufactured by infiltrating metal particles with a binder solution and then curing the binder solution impregnated with the metal particles. In another embodiment, the radiation shielding component may be printed with metal powder, infiltrated with a binding agent, and then cured to polymerize the binding agent.

公开(公告)号：US12053822B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17141773

申请日：2021-01-05

Applicant: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC

Inventor： Yanju Wang ,  Jaroslaw Kurzac ,  Chad Allan Smith

IPC: B22F10/60 ,  B22F10/68 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G21K1/02 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/10

CPC classification number: B22F10/60 ,  B22F10/68 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G21K1/02 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/107 ,  B22F2301/20

Abstract: A method is provided for mitigating metal particle leakage from a three-dimensional printed part. The method includes providing an additively manufactured part manufactured out of one or more materials, and the one or more materials comprise a metal. The method also includes applying a coating over surfaces of the additively manufactured part to keep metal particles from leaking from the additively manufactured part.