Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for wide coverage computed tomography and method of constructing same
- Patent Title (中): 宽覆盖计算机断层摄影装置及其构造方法
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Application No.: US12690173Application Date: 2010-01-20
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Publication No.: US09271689B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Carey Shawn Rogers , Richard Michael Roffers , Edwin L. Legall , Ron Kent Hockersmith , Ethan Westcot , Kenwood Dayton
- Applicant: Carey Shawn Rogers , Richard Michael Roffers , Edwin L. Legall , Ron Kent Hockersmith , Ethan Westcot , Kenwood Dayton
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Main IPC: H01J35/10
- IPC: H01J35/10 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B6/03
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110176659A1 APPARATUS FOR WIDE COVERAGE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-07-21
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