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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1984
Filed:
May. 05, 1981
Ira L Morgan, Austin, TX (US);
E C Sudarshan, Austin, TX (US);
Alvin L Mitchell, Austin, TX (US);
James P Coose, Austin, TX (US);
Hunter D Ellinger, Austin, TX (US);
James W Jagger, Austin, TX (US);
Scientific Measurement Systems, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the intensity of radiation passing through an object as a set of planar beams from a radiation source is disclosed. The radiographic apparatus includes a detector array of adjoining scintillators having wall linings suitable for absorbing radiation, thereby functioning as self-colliminating detectors. The apparatus is also capable of counting the number of individual photons of primary radiation passing through an object along each path from a radiation source operating at the very high count rates used in computer-assisted tomography applications.