US 12,082,954 B2
Collimator structure for an imaging system
Adam Budde, Middleton, WI (US); and Mark Adamak, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Waukesha, WI (US)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,679.
Application 17/824,679 is a division of application No. 15/381,893, filed on Dec. 16, 2016, granted, now 11,350,892.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287659 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/42 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/06 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collimator for an X-ray imaging system, comprising:
a plurality of high attenuating regions interleaved with a plurality of low attenuating regions, each high attenuating region having a non-uniform transition profile and configured to be aligned with a respective inactive region of a respective channel of an X-ray detector of the X-ray imaging system, wherein each region of the plurality of high attenuating regions includes a high attenuating material having a bell shape.