US 12,111,148 B2
Component imaging systems, apparatus, and methods
Andrew Frank Ferro, West Chester, OH (US); and Peter Coomes, Middletown, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,778.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373325 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01B 15/04 (2006.01); G01M 13/00 (2019.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 15/04 (2013.01) [G01M 13/00 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for imaging a component defining a negative space, the system comprising:
a component imaging assembly;
a bolus insert; and
an imaging device,
wherein the bolus insert is positionable in the negative space of the component when the component is positioned within an imaging field of the imaging device to produce an image of the component, wherein the negative space has a space geometry, and wherein the bolus insert has a bolus geometry that is at least partly complementary to the space geometry; and
wherein the component is formed from a component material having a component material density, wherein the bolus insert is formed from a bolus material having a bolus material density, and wherein the bolus material density is within fifteen percent (15%) of the component material density.