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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Qing Kelvin Lu, Aurora, IL (US);
Mark S. Maska, Palatine, IL (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A CT scanner comprises a beryllium window mounted on an x-ray insert, a cooling fluid circulation line, and a cooling fluid return line. A plurality of fins are mounted in the cooling fluid circulation line. The fluid circulation line is in fluid communication with one of an anode side cavity and a cathode side cavity and in fluid communication with a heat exchanger. The fluid return line is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the other one of the anode side cavity and the cathode side cavity. A pump means circulates the cooling fluid through the heat exchanger, the suction and return lines, and the x-ray tube housing assembly.