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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1976
Thomas W Fitzsimmons, Bethel, CT (US);
Vincent Berluti, Jr, West Haven, CT (US);
Howard G Wagner, Stamford, CT (US);
Jonathan S Shapiro, Greenwich, CT (US);
The Machlett Laboratories, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A radiographic system comprising an X-ray source disposed to direct an X-ray beam through an adjustable shutter aperture in an aligned collimator and onto an image receptor in a holder located at a preselected distance from the source; and automatic means for preventing an X-ray exposure until prescribed operating conditions have been satisfied, the automatic means including a readily interchangeable read-only-memory module for storing the prescribed conditions therein and ascertaining whether or not the prescribed conditions have been met.