US 12,220,271 B2
Systems and methods for controlling motion of detectors having moving detector heads
Jean-Paul Bouhnik, Zichron Yaacov (IL); and Yaron Hefetz, Kibbutz Alonim (IL)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/806,805.
Application 16/806,805 is a continuation of application No. 14/040,108, filed on Sep. 27, 2013, granted, now 10,575,802.
Prior Publication US 2020/0196965 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/4266 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4275 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. An imaging system comprising:
a gantry; and
a plurality of detector units mounted to the gantry, the plurality of detector units individually movable including translational movement and rotational movement and defining a detector pitch;
each detector unit having a corresponding collimator, the collimator coupled to a detector face of the corresponding detector unit in a fixed relationship, the collimator defining a collimator pitch that is not equal to the detector pitch, wherein at least some collimator septa are positioned over and aligned with boundaries of detector pixels.