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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2009
James Wear, Madison, WI (US);
David Ergun, Verona, WI (US);
Robert Washenko, Madison, WI (US);
Michael Bucholz, Oregon, WI (US);
Darrell Gorsuch, Pardeeville, WI (US);
Randall Payne, Madison, WI (US);
James Wear, Madison, WI (US);
David Ergun, Verona, WI (US);
Robert Washenko, Madison, WI (US);
Michael Bucholz, Oregon, WI (US);
Darrell Gorsuch, Pardeeville, WI (US);
Randall Payne, Madison, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A scanning bone densitometer includes an x-ray source to produce x-rays and an x-ray detector receiving x-rays emitted from the x-ray source. The x-ray detector includes a cadmium tellurium (CdTe) semiconductor. The scanning bone densitometer also includes a controller moving the x-ray source and the x-ray detector along a transverse scanning path to acquire a plurality of scan images of an object of interest.