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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:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nathan R Whetten, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250385 ; 250374 ;
Abstract
An x-ray detector for use in computerized tomography employing a liquefied xenon as a high density detecting medium comprises a housing having an x-ray permeable window and containing at least one electrically conductive voltage plate spaced from, and parallel to, at least one collector plate comprising a plurality of conductive elements. The liquid xenon fills the space between the voltage and collector plates.