CA1025131A - Tomographic scanner - Google Patents

Tomographic scanner

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CA1025131A
CA1025131A CA219,880A CA219880A CA1025131A CA 1025131 A CA1025131 A CA 1025131A CA 219880 A CA219880 A CA 219880A CA 1025131 A CA1025131 A CA 1025131A
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tomographic scanner
tomographic
scanner
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French (fr)
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Robert S. Ledley
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NATIONAL BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/40—Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/4064—Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis specially adapted for producing a particular type of beam
    • A61B6/4071—Pencil beams
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/06—Diaphragms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/08—Auxiliary means for directing the radiation beam to a particular spot, e.g. using light beams
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/10—Safety means specially adapted therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/44—Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/4429—Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis related to the mounting of source units and detector units
    • A61B6/4435—Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis related to the mounting of source units and detector units the source unit and the detector unit being coupled by a rigid structure
    • A61B6/4447—Tiltable gantries
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/50—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications
    • A61B6/501—Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment specially adapted for specific body parts; specially adapted for specific clinical applications for diagnosis of the head, e.g. neuroimaging or craniography
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/161—Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Neurology (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Dentistry (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
  • Apparatus For Radiation Diagnosis (AREA)
  • Analysing Materials By The Use Of Radiation (AREA)
CA219,880A 1974-02-15 1975-02-12 Tomographic scanner Expired CA1025131A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US443042A US3922552A (en) 1974-02-15 1974-02-15 Diagnostic X-ray systems
AU34577/78A AU518378B2 (en) 1974-02-15 1978-03-29 Tomographic scanner

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CA1025131A true CA1025131A (en) 1978-01-24

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US (1) US3922552A (sv)
JP (1) JPS50122292A (sv)
AT (1) AT353899B (sv)
AU (1) AU518378B2 (sv)
CA (1) CA1025131A (sv)
DE (1) DE2506377A1 (sv)
FR (1) FR2260977B1 (sv)
GB (1) GB1463234A (sv)

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DE2829179C2 (de) * 1978-07-03 1982-06-09 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Schichtgerät zur Herstellung von Transversalschichtbildern eines Aufnahmeobjekts
FR2431853A1 (fr) * 1978-07-27 1980-02-22 Radiologie Cie Gle Procede de centrage automatique d'un objet a examiner dans un tomodensitometre a faisceau en eventail et tomodensitometre adapte a ce procede
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JPS5849256B2 (ja) * 1979-01-23 1983-11-02 株式会社東芝 放射線断層撮影装置
DE2944147A1 (de) * 1979-11-02 1981-05-14 Philips Patentverwaltung Gmbh, 2000 Hamburg Anordnung zur ermittlung der streudichteverteilung in einem ebenen untersuchungsbereich
DE3010780A1 (de) * 1980-03-20 1981-09-24 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Strahlendiagnostikeinrichtung
US4493039A (en) * 1980-05-06 1985-01-08 President And Directors Of Georgetown University Apparatus and method for image reproduction of materials using their magnetic and electric properties
JPS5764045A (en) * 1980-10-08 1982-04-17 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Method of collecting data of x-ray tomographing device
DE3126643A1 (de) * 1981-07-06 1983-01-20 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München "strahlendiagnostikgeraet"
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FR2088964A5 (sv) * 1970-04-30 1972-01-07 Radiologie Cie Gle
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JPS4711196U (sv) * 1971-02-24 1972-10-09

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JPS50122292A (sv) 1975-09-25
ATA115175A (de) 1979-05-15
AU3457778A (en) 1978-07-20
AU518378B2 (en) 1981-10-01
FR2260977B1 (sv) 1979-05-11
AT353899B (de) 1979-12-10
FR2260977A1 (sv) 1975-09-12
GB1463234A (en) 1977-02-02
US3922552A (en) 1975-11-25
DE2506377A1 (de) 1976-11-11

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