Patent · US Expired

Radiation diagnostic device for generating tomographic images

US4297582A · kind A · utility

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2Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Gunter Schwierz · Erlangen, DE
Rudolf Schittenhelm · Erlangen, DE
Gunter Schmitt · Darmstadt, DE
Edgar Tschunt · Rathsberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 18, 1979
Grant date	Oct 27, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 18, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/032
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In the exemplary embodiments a layer is to be scanned which is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the patient support. For example, a radiation source and a radiation receiver may be rotated in an arc about a rotational axis which lies perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the patient support to scan a layer area in such a way that the scanned layer within the exposure subject is traversed exclusively along beam paths each of which is crossed along its entire length in the subject by a multitude of other beam paths.

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