Apparatus for wide coverage computed tomography and method of constructing same

US9271689B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Carey Shawn Rogers · Brookfield, US
• Richard Michael Roffers · Whitefish Bay, US
• Edwin L. Legall · Florence, US
• Ron Kent Hockersmith · Milwaukee, US
• Ethan James Westcot · Wauwatosa, US
• Kenwood Dayton · Milwaukee, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49002
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tube for generating x-rays includes a cathode adapted to emit electrons, a target positioned to receive the electrons from the cathode on a surface thereof, an anode adapted with an aperture and positioned between the cathode and the target and configured to accelerate the electrons toward the target, and a rotating system adapted to rotate the target about an axis, the rotating system located in a position facing the surface of the target.