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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rudolf Schittenhelm, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36441314 ; 36441315 ; 36441326 ; 378 15 ; 378 19 ;
Abstract
A third generation computer tomography apparatus has a radiation detector which is so narrow that the image constructed by the computer represents only a portion of a cross-sectional slice of an examination subject. The apparatus is useful for examining smaller body regions, such as to locate a calculus to be disintegrated. The tomography apparatus can be combined with a lithotripsy apparatus, including a shock wave generator, for this purpose.