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Radiation imaging apparatus

US4289969A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1978
Grant dateSep 15, 1981
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Expiry dateJul 10, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05G1/70
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Radiation imaging apparatus especially suited for use in a computerized tomographic (CT) scanner employs an array of discrete X-ray sources, each being a cold cathode diode and an adjacent fixed array of closely packed radiation detectors to produce images of rapidly moving body organs such as the beating heart. A variety of alternative X-ray source embodiments are also disclosed.

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