X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Accessory – Alignment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-20
2008-08-19
Song, Hoon (Department: 2882)
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Accessory
Alignment
C378S147000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07413344
ABSTRACT:
An object of the present invention is to provide a radiography system in which an FOV in a light field agrees with an FOV in an X-ray field irrespective of a displacement of a light source. The radiography system comprises an X-ray tube, a collimator that forms an X-ray beam to be irradiated from the X-ray tube to an object of radiography, and a light source that irradiates light, which is used for ranging, to the object of radiography via the collimator. The radiography system further comprises a memory in which the magnitude of a displacement of the light source calculated in advance is stored, and a control unit that controls the opening of the collimator on the basis of the position of the light source, which is corrected based on the magnitude of a displacement read from the memory, so that an FOV of light to be used for ranging will agree with a target value.
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Armstrong Teasdale LLP
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
Song Hoon
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