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Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2003
Applicants:

Wayne F. Block, Sussex, WI (US);

J. Scott Price, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);

Eric Chabin, Brookfield, WI (US);

Gorur N. Sridhar, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Wayne F. Block, Sussex, WI (US);

J. Scott Price, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Jiang Hsieh, Brookfield, WI (US);

Eric Chabin, Brookfield, WI (US);

Gorur N. Sridhar, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/06 (2006.01); H01J 35/08 (2006.01); H01G 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An anode assembly having multiple target electrodes is disclosed. Each target electrode produces an x-ray fan beam for radiographic data acquisition. The target electrodes are designed to sequentially generate an x-ray fan beam and therefore operate at a proportional duty cycle per scan. Power output capabilities of the anode assembly is increased without an increase in the size or thermal overloading of the anode assembly.


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