IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,559
Granted Patent B2
US 11,614,559 · App. 17/078,028 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Image quality test article set

Inventors: Eric Atherton (Middletown, NJ); Matthew Aderholdt (Vineland, NJ); Joseph Regensburger (Grove City, OH); Lucinda Flaherty (Bradenton, FL); Joseph Cochran (Egg Harbor Township, NJ)
Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
G01V5/005G01T1/02G01V5/0008G01V13/00G01T7/005
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Patent No.
US 11,614,559
App. No.
17/078,028
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dosimeter assembly being placed within an inner volume of a test article for evaluating an image produced by an x-ray computed tomography (CT) system. The dosimeter assembly includes: a dosimeter having a display, a dosimeter shelf that supports the dosimeter; and an alignment bracket that positions the dosimeter on the dosimeter shelf. The dosimeter shelf is operable to be mounted within the x-ray computed tomography system test article, and the display of the dosimeter is viewable through a dosimeter window which is disposed at a front end of the x-ray computed tomography system test article, wherein the dosimeter assembly is accessible through an access panel directly beneath the dosimeter assembly, the access panel being an opening which is disposed on a base of the x-ray computer tomography system test article. The dosimeter is operably connected to a connection interface which is configured to exchange communication with an external device.

Claims (15)

1. A dosimeter assembly for use in an x-ray computed tomography system test article, the dosimeter assembly comprising:

a dosimeter having a display;

a dosimeter shelf that supports the dosimeter; and

an alignment bracket that positions the dosimeter on the dosimeter shelf,

wherein the dosimeter shelf is operable to be mounted within the x-ray computed tomography system test article, and the display of the dosimeter is viewable through a dosimeter window which is disposed at a front end of the x-ray computed tomography system test article,

wherein the dosimeter assembly is accessible through an access panel directly beneath the dosimeter assembly, wherein the access panel being an opening which is disposed on a base of the x-ray computer tomography system test article; and

the dosimeter is operably connected to a connection interface which is configured to exchange communication with an external device.

2. The dosimeter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the alignment bracket is operably connected to the dosimeter shelf and operable to align the dosimeter within the x-ray computer tomography system test article such that a dosimeter display is viewable through a dosimeter window on the x-ray computer tomography system test article.

3. The dosimeter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the connection interface is wiredly connected to the dosimeter within the x-ray computed tomography system test article.

4. The dosimeter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the connection interface is wirelessly connected to the dosimeter within the x-ray computed tomography system test article.

5. The dosimeter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the connection interface is on an outside surface of the x-ray computed tomography system test article and operably connected to the dosimeter within the x-ray computed tomography system test article.

6. The dosimeter assembly of claim 1 , further comprising one or more connection hardware, wherein the dosimeter is attached to the dosimeter shelf using the one or more connection hardware.

7. The dosimeter assembly of claim 1 , wherein the alignment bracket provides a proper positioning of the dosimeter.

8. The dosimeter assembly of claim 5 , wherein the connection interface is a USB plug.

9. The dosimeter assembly of claim 6 , wherein the one or more hardware is one of: a cable tie, a tie-wrap or hardware screws.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: REGENSBURGER, JOSEPH
To: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 062695/0480 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: ATHERTON, ERIC; ADERHOLDT, MATTHEW; FLABERTY, LUCINDA; COCHRAN, JOSEPH
To: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 059656/0041 →
Continuity (3)
Division 15514247
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