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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Applicant:
Hans-jürgen Müller, Pretzfeld, DE;
Inventor:
Hans-Jürgen Müller, Pretzfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/12 (2006.01); G01B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computed tomography apparatus has a gantry with at least one x-ray tube and at least one detector. The x-ray tube and the detector are executed such that they can rotate around a system axis (z-axis), and the detector exhibits a width B in the system axis direction and a longitudinal length L in the circumferential direction of the gantry. At least one movable detector diaphragm is arranged that is moved in front of the detector as needed and thus partially covers the detector. A movement device enables movement of the detector diaphragm over the detector in the longitudinal direction of the detector.