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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Rainer Pietig, Herzogenrath, DE;
Christoph Martiny, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Rainer Pietig, Herzogenrath, DE;
Christoph Martiny, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An x-ray tube disclosed here in includes an emitter arranged to emit electrons on to a focal spot on a rotatable anode. The x-ray tube also includes a hollow tube arranged to receive electromagnetic radiation from the focal spot at one end of the hollow tube and transmit it to another end. The x-ray tube also includes two or more sensors arranged to detect the electromagnetic radiation through the hollow tube.