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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles B. Kendall, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Co., LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/500 ;
Abstract
An imaging tube ( ) is provided including a cathode ( ) and an anode ( ). The cathode ( ) includes an emission surface ( ), which emits a plurality of electrons along an emission axis ( ). The anode ( ) includes a body ( ) having a track ( ) on a peripheral section ( ) of the body ( ). The plurality of electrons are directed to impinge on the track ( ) at an impingement angle &agr; approximately equal to or between 15° and 25° relative to the emission axis ( ) and are converted into x-rays. A method of generating x-rays within the imaging tube is also provided.