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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1977
Ulrich Grassme, Nuremberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Abstract
In the illustrated embodiments, a rotary position encoder is manually positioned to select any of a set of x-ray exposure times to be used in making medical x-ray photographs. In one form, the encoder output selects a code word from a read only memory, and a comparator ends the timing cycle when a counter reaches a count value corresponding to the active code word. The pulse generator supplying input pulses to the counter, rather than operating at a constant rate, may be controlled so that the pulse count per unit time corresponds to a specified mAs-product, an x-ray tube being switched off when a selected count value (corresponding to a desired mAs-product) is reached.