Methods and systems for integrated filter system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11160518
APP PUB NO 20210045702A1
SERIAL NO

16543448

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Various methods and systems are provided for an integrated filter assembly including a plurality of bowtie filters and a hardening filter mounted on a single carriage. In one embodiment, an imaging system may include a carriage including a hardening filter and one or more bowtie filters, and a filter driving system for moving the carriage to selectively position the hardening filter and one of the one or more bowtie filters in a path of a radiation beam between a radiation source and an imaging subject, the hardening filter at least partially overlapping with at least one of the one or more bowtie filters. In this way, a single carriage may include a plurality of filters which may be selectively positioned in a path of the radiation beam entering a subject without having to stack multiple carriages and switch carriages between scans.

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GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC9900 W INNOVATION DRIVE WAUWATOSA WI 53226

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Behlmer, Timothy Mathew Milwaukee, US 1 0
Crotty, Dominic Joseph Waukesha, US 9 58
Smith, Brandon Allan Waukesha, US 10 30

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