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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Jeffrey Alan Kautzer, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Christopher David Unger, Brookfield, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Alan Kautzer, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Christopher David Unger, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mammography scanning system having a detector includes an arc-shaped support system having a number of X-ray emitters coupled thereto. The X-ray emitters generate a plurality of X-ray fluxes towards a common focus at varying angles with respect to the focus. Also, each of the X-ray emitters is collimated to view an entire detector field of view.