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Variable stop apparatus and computed-tomography scanner comprising a variable stop apparatus

US10722192B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Marco Erler · Oberkochen, DE
Daniel Weiss · Oberkochen, DE
Wolfgang Kimmig · Aalen, DE
Martin Krenkel · Aalen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2019
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 3, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2223/419
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A variable stop apparatus for arrangement between an X-ray source and an object to be measured in a CT-scanner and a CT-scanner including the variable stop apparatus are provided. The variable stop apparatus includes a stop carrier that is pivotable about a pivot axis. The stop carrier has at least two stops. The at least two stops are in each case configured to be brought into a predetermined angular position by pivoting the stop carrier. The at least two stops are arranged at different longitudinal positions with respect to a longitudinal direction that is defined by the pivot axis.

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