Method and apparatus for variable X-ray filtration

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9439612
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14927246

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The present invention pertains to a system and method for adaptive X-ray filtration comprising a volume of X-ray attenuating material with a central less attenuating three-dimensional region. The volume of X-ray attenuating material can be positioned within 10 cm from an X-ray source and rotated around an internal axis of rotation. The volume of X-ray attenuating material can be symmetric around the internal axis while the central less attenuating region can be asymmetric around the internal axis. Rotating the volume by a predetermined angle around the internal axis can change the amount of attenuation of an X-ray beam through the filter. The volume can be rotated by the same predetermined angle as an imaging subject or X-ray source and detector are rotated during X-ray image acquisition.

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TRIPLE RING TECHNOLOGIES INC39655 EUREKA DRIVE NEWARK CA 94560 94560

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Funk, Tobias Martinez, US 50 1045

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