Pre-patient collimator having a self-shielding design and additively manufactured components

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PATENT NO 11998372
APP PUB NO 20230270392A1
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17591099

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A pre-patient collimator for a CT imaging system is provided. The pre-patient collimator includes an additively manufactured housing having a plurality of walls having a variable thickness along each wall of the plurality of walls. The pre-patient collimator also includes an additively manufactured aperture carrier plate having variable thickness and a plurality of apertures configured to determine a size of an X-ray beam received from an X-ray source of the CT imaging system.

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GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC3000 N GRANDVIEW BLVD WAUKESHA WI 53188

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Nayak, Vishwanath Bangalore, IN 8 8
Patil, Sanjay Dyavaiah Bangalore, IN 3 9
Raiker, Saiesh Suryakant Margao, IN 4 4

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