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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell Wayne Hum, Waukesha, WI (US);
Thomas Robert Murray, Delafied, WI (US);
Christopher J Falkner, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378-4 ; 378-8 ; 378 95 ; 378117 ;
Abstract
The present invention, in one embodiment, is an interference detection assembly for detecting patient and patient table interference with a gantry of a computed tomography system. The assembly, in one form, includes a frusto-conical capacitive plate secured to a leading frusto-conical surface of the gantry bore. The capacitive plate is coupled to a control unit which detects changes in the capacitance of the capacitive plate. When the plate is discharged below a threshold charge, the control unit generates a signal which may be used to automatically interrupt a scan.