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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Hoebel, Buckenhof, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378156 ; 378158 ; 378159 ;
Abstract
An x-ray filter which produces a uniform distribution of the image contrast and the image brightness, with an optimally reduced skin dose has a pre-filter for the total x-ray beam and an edge filter, which leaves free a central region of the x-ray beam. The pre-filter is made of a material having an atomic number less than 60, such as copper, and the edge filter is made of a material having an atomic number between 64 and 77.