US 2006/0067479 A1 · Collimator, in particular for a computed tomograph, and method for producing it

Abstract

A collimator is disclosed. The ends of collimator plates are potted with the aid of a top plate and a bottom plate with the formation of interspaces, defined by spacings, between the collimator plates. When producing such a collimator, the top and bottom plates are produced using a casting method, and the collimator plates are simultaneously cast in, in order to fix them in the bottom and top plates. For this production method, a reusable holding apparatus that holds the collimator plates, and a casting mold are provided for aligning and positioning purposes.

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Dependent claims

A collimator;

comprising:
collimator plates, aligned with an X-ray source located outside the collimator and fixable on a bottom plate and a top plate with a formation of interspaces defined by spacings, the bottom plate and the top plate being designed as castings potted with at least one of lower ends and upper ends of the collimator plates to form a retaining receptacle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Collimator, in particular for a computed tomograph, and method for producing it

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Collimator, in particular for a computed tomograph, and method for producing it

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