Computer tomography apparatus for generating an image of a portion of a sectional slice of a subject for use with a lithotripsy apparatus
US4914588A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1988 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/2256
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A third generation computer tomography apparatus has a radiation detector which is so narrow that the image constructed by the computer represents only a portion of a cross-sectional slice of an examination subject. The apparatus is useful for examining smaller body regions, such as to locate a calculus to be disintegrated. The tomography apparatus can be combined with a lithotripsy apparatus, including a shock wave generator, for this purpose.
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