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Multiple source CT scanner

US5966422A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 31, 1997
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B6/405
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A Computerized Tomographic (CT) helical scanner system including multiple, separate x-ray sources mounted on the same gantry, each irradiating different two-dimensional detectors at any given time to simultaneously acquire data from multiple slices and combining the data obtained from the multiple slices to provide images either of individual slices or combined slices.

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