High speed computerized tomography imaging system
US4129783A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1977 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 1997 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/4007
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A high speed tomographic x-ray imaging system comprises an array of x-ray sources disposed opposite a closely spaced array of x-ray detectors. Small groups of sources in the array are simultaneously pulsed to provide x-ray transmission data along a number of ray paths through a body undergoing examination. X-ray energy from each source in the array is collimated to illuminate only a small sector of the detector array. High speed, unambiguous x-ray transmission information, is thereby produced.
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