A61B 6/405
Source units specially adapted to modify characteristics of the beam during the
Official title: {Source units specially adapted to modify characteristics of the beam during the data acquisition process (A61B6/4021, A61B6/4035 take precedence)}
A61B6/405 (Source units specially adapted to modify characteristics of the beam during the) appears on 552 US grants and 583 published applications in this corpus.
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