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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:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nathan R Whetten, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250385 ; 250374 ;
Abstract
A high resolution x-ray detector for medical computerized tomography systems is filled with a high pressure noble gas as a detecting medium. The detector comprises a housing having an x-ray permeable window and containing at least one electrically conductive voltage plate and at least one collector plate comprising a plurality of conductive elements. The gaseous detecting medium, such as xenon, occupies the space between the voltage and collector plates.