Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray computed tomography arrangement
- Patent Title (中): X线计算机断层摄影安排
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Application No.: US12527928Application Date: 2008-02-12
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Publication No.: US07983384B2Publication Date: 2011-07-19
- Inventor: Uwe Hampel , Frank Fischer
- Applicant: Uwe Hampel , Frank Fischer
- Applicant Address: DE Dresden
- Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.
- Current Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V.
- Current Assignee Address: DE Dresden
- Agent Laurence A. Greenberg; Werner H. Stemer; Ralph E. Locher
- Priority: DE102007008349 20070220
- International Application: PCT/DE2008/000268 WO 20080212
- International Announcement: WO2008/101470 WO 20080828
- Main IPC: G01N23/083
- IPC: G01N23/083

Abstract:
The aim of the invention is to produce an x-ray computed tomography arrangement in which there is no axial offset between the path of the focal spot and the x-ray detector arc. Said aim is achieved by: —arranging the x-ray detector arc and the target around the examination cross-section within a radiation plane such that the x-ray focal spots generated by the deflected electron beam of the electron beam generator lie within an axial plane, the radiation plane, along with the active detector elements; —disposing the x-ray detector arc behind the target in a radial direction such that each imaginary x-ray extending from a focal spot position on the target to a detector element of the x-ray detector arc penetrates the target, which lies in front of the point of incidence on the x-ray detector arc in the direction of radiation, in the area in which the target and the x-ray detector arc angularly overlap; —producing the target from a target member which is preferably made of a material that has a low atomic number and great heat storage capacity or thermal conductance; —applying an electron-decelerating material layer, preferably made of a refractory material that has a high atomic number, to the side of the target member which faces the electron beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100034341A1 X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2010-02-11
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