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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:
Jul. 04, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Ribner, Schenectady, NY (US);
Michael A Wu, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 19 ; 378-4 ;
Abstract
A computerized tomography system includes a detector array made up of a set of detector subelements aligned along a slice thickness direction. A controllable switching matrix selectively interconnects a predetermined number of successive detector subelements to a respective summing amplifier to produce slice-constituent signals which measure a respective slice positioned to pass through a body. Each respective slice having a selectable thickness in a region of interest to be imaged.