Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotatable drum assembly for radiology imaging modalities
- Patent Title (中): 用于放射成像模式的可旋转鼓组件
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Application No.: US13440432Application Date: 2012-04-05
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Publication No.: US09044152B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Daniel Abenaim , Ronald E. Swain
- Applicant: Daniel Abenaim , Ronald E. Swain
- Applicant Address: US MA Peabody
- Assignee: Analogic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Analogic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Peabody
- Agency: Cooper Legal Group LLC
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03

Abstract:
Among other things, a rotatable drum for a radiology imaging modality is provided herein. The rotatable drum comprises a bore, defined by an inner circumference of a sidewall of the rotatable drum. In one embodiment, the sidewall comprises one or more apertures through which radiation may pass. By way of example, a radiation source and a detector array may be mounted outside of the bore (e.g., on an outside surface of the sidewall) and apertures in the sidewall may permit radiation to pass from the radiation source to the detector array without being attenuated by the sidewall of the drum. In another embodiment, the detector array may be comprised of a plurality of detector modules that may be individually mounted/dismounted from the rotatable drum, and in one example, may provide structural support to the rotatable drum.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130266116A1 ROTATABLE DRUM ASSEMBLY FOR RADIOLOGY IMAGING MODALITIES Public/Granted day:2013-10-10
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