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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Colin R. Wilson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Antonio Caiafa, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Charles Hill, Georgetown, MA (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Fremont, CA (US);
Pierfrancesco Landolfi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Colin R. Wilson, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Antonio Caiafa, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Charles Hill, Georgetown, MA (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Fremont, CA (US);
Pierfrancesco Landolfi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a generator configured to output at least one voltage level and an x-ray source configured to generate x-rays directed toward an object. The system includes a module coupled to the output of the generator and to an input of the x-ray source and configured to switch or assist in switching an output to the x-ray source between a first voltage level and a second voltage level.