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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher A LeMay, Osterley, GB;
Assignee:
EMI Limited, Hayes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364414 ; 378901 ;
Abstract
A CT scanner is disclosed in which sets of X-radiation measurements, each set being for a fan-shaped distribution of beam paths, are used by a convolving circuit as though they were for sets of parallel beam paths. The inaccuracies due to this are countered by using correction factors, one for each pixel of the final picture of the patient slice, which correction factors are derived by the use of a phantom of known X-ray response. In addition, a special interpolation technique is disclosed to facilitate accurate back projection.