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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2009
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wear, James. (2012). Transverse scanning bone densitometer and detector used in same (U.S. Patent No. 8165266). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8165266

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