X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Specific application – Computerized tomography
Patent
1997-07-31
1999-10-12
Bruce, David Vernon
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Specific application
Computerized tomography
378 15, A61B 603
Patent
active
059664223
ABSTRACT:
A Computerized Tomographic (CT) helical scanner system including multiple, separate x-ray sources mounted on the same gantry, each irradiating different two-dimensional detectors at any given time to simultaneously acquire data from multiple slices and combining the data obtained from the multiple slices to provide images either of individual slices or combined slices.
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Dafni Ehud
Ruimi David
Bruce David Vernon
Picker Medical Systems, Ltd.
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