JP4960586B2 - X線管透過窓冷却装置 - Google Patents
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- JP4960586B2 JP4960586B2 JP2004297724A JP2004297724A JP4960586B2 JP 4960586 B2 JP4960586 B2 JP 4960586B2 JP 2004297724 A JP2004297724 A JP 2004297724A JP 2004297724 A JP2004297724 A JP 2004297724A JP 4960586 B2 JP4960586 B2 JP 4960586B2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US10/683,306 US7016472B2 (en) | 2002-10-11 | 2003-10-10 | X-ray tube window cooling apparatus |
| US10/683,306 | 2003-10-10 |
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| JP2005135908A JP2005135908A (ja) | 2005-05-26 |
| JP2005135908A5 JP2005135908A5 (enExample) | 2009-12-03 |
| JP4960586B2 true JP4960586B2 (ja) | 2012-06-27 |
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| JP2004297724A Expired - Lifetime JP4960586B2 (ja) | 2003-10-10 | 2004-10-12 | X線管透過窓冷却装置 |
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| US (1) | US7016472B2 (enExample) |
| JP (1) | JP4960586B2 (enExample) |
| DE (1) | DE102004049642A1 (enExample) |
Families Citing this family (17)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| JP5237636B2 (ja) * | 2004-06-30 | 2013-07-17 | コーニンクレッカ フィリップス エレクトロニクス エヌ ヴィ | X線管冷却装置 |
| JP4828895B2 (ja) * | 2005-08-29 | 2011-11-30 | 株式会社東芝 | X線管装置の電圧印加方法およびx線管装置 |
| US7359486B2 (en) * | 2005-12-20 | 2008-04-15 | General Electric Co. | Structure for collecting scattered electrons |
| US7668298B2 (en) * | 2005-12-20 | 2010-02-23 | General Electric Co. | System and method for collecting backscattered electrons in an x-ray tube |
| US7616736B2 (en) * | 2007-09-28 | 2009-11-10 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Liquid cooled window assembly in an x-ray tube |
| JP5225881B2 (ja) * | 2008-02-08 | 2013-07-03 | バリアン・メディカル・システムズ・インコーポレイテッド | X線管およびx線管冷却システム |
| US7869574B2 (en) * | 2008-12-03 | 2011-01-11 | General Electric Company | Braze assembly with beryllium diffusion barrier and method of making same |
| US8130910B2 (en) * | 2009-08-14 | 2012-03-06 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Liquid-cooled aperture body in an x-ray tube |
| US8054945B2 (en) * | 2009-08-14 | 2011-11-08 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Evacuated enclosure window cooling |
| DE102014015974B4 (de) * | 2014-10-31 | 2021-11-11 | Baker Hughes Digital Solutions Gmbh | Anschlusskabel zur Verminderung von überschlagsbedingten transienten elektrischen Signalen zwischen der Beschleunigungsstrecke einer Röntgenröhre sowie einer Hochspannungsquelle |
| USD773668S1 (en) | 2015-05-25 | 2016-12-06 | Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd. | X-ray tube for medical use |
| USD773670S1 (en) * | 2015-05-25 | 2016-12-06 | Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd. | X-ray tube for medical use |
| JP1539596S (enExample) * | 2015-05-25 | 2015-12-07 | ||
| USD773669S1 (en) | 2015-05-25 | 2016-12-06 | Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd. | X-ray tube for medical use |
| US20180151324A1 (en) * | 2016-11-26 | 2018-05-31 | Varex Imaging Corporation | Heat sink for x-ray tube anode |
| US10468150B2 (en) * | 2017-06-19 | 2019-11-05 | General Electric Company | Electron collector, imaging system and method of manufacture |
| US12308199B2 (en) * | 2022-03-08 | 2025-05-20 | GE Precision Healthcare LLC | X-ray cathode focusing element |
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| US4976113A (en) * | 1988-08-26 | 1990-12-11 | Gershuni Alexandr N | Apparatus for indirect evaporative gas cooling |
| EP0991106A3 (en) * | 1990-11-21 | 2000-05-03 | Varian Associates, Inc. | High power X-Ray tube |
| US5541975A (en) * | 1994-01-07 | 1996-07-30 | Anderson; Weston A. | X-ray tube having rotary anode cooled with high thermal conductivity fluid |
| US6215852B1 (en) * | 1998-12-10 | 2001-04-10 | General Electric Company | Thermal energy storage and transfer assembly |
| US6263046B1 (en) | 1999-08-04 | 2001-07-17 | General Electric Company | Heat pipe assisted cooling of x-ray windows in x-ray tubes |
| US6438208B1 (en) | 2000-09-08 | 2002-08-20 | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | Large surface area x-ray tube window and window cooling plenum |
| US6430263B1 (en) * | 2000-12-01 | 2002-08-06 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | Cold-plate window in a metal-frame x-ray insert |
| JP3721095B2 (ja) * | 2001-03-26 | 2005-11-30 | 日本原子力研究所 | 核破砕ターゲット用陽子ビーム窓 |
| US6714626B1 (en) * | 2002-10-11 | 2004-03-30 | Ge Medical Systems Global Technology Company, Llc | Jet cooled x-ray tube window |
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| US20040114724A1 (en) | 2004-06-17 |
| JP2005135908A (ja) | 2005-05-26 |
| DE102004049642A1 (de) | 2005-05-19 |
| US7016472B2 (en) | 2006-03-21 |
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