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US 4,058,832 AGranted
Display for television imaging system
AssigneePicker Corporation
InventorRobert J. Vagi
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InventorRobert J. Vagi
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A radiation imaging system and method is disclosed for producing an enhanced television image of diagnostic quality from a light image produced by a common image tube and corresponding to a pattern of penetrative radiation from a subject. A source directs radiation such as X-rays through the subject and the image tube converts the emergent radiation pattern to a corresponding visible light image at an output phosphor. A television apparatus including an image isocon pickup tube views the output light image at a tube input face by way of a lens assembly and converts the light image to electrical, including video signals. A television monitor reconverts the electrical signals to a visible television image of enhanced quality representing the pattern of radiation from the subject. The television monitor includes an improved cathode ray tube with a planar output face, a small focal spot, and improved phosphor.
In a system for producing a visible light image corresponding to a pattern of penetrative radiation emergent from a subject, the system including a source for directing penetrative radiation through the subject, means for converting the emergent penetrative radiation pattern to a visible light image, electrical apparatus for converting the visible light image to electrical signals, and a display apparatus including a cathode ray tube having an electron gun for producing an electron beam, an output face and a phosphor layer on the inner surface of the output face, the phosphor layer being disposed for impingement by the electron beam and for emitting light for producing a second visible image representing the pattern of penetrative radiation when the electron beam strikes the phosphor, the improvement comprising:
In a system for producing a visible light image corresponding to a pattern of penetrative radiation emergent from a subject, the system including a source for directing penetrative radiation through the subject, means for converting the emergent penetrative radiation pattern to a visible light image, electrical apparatus for converting the visible light image to electrical signals, and a display apparatus including a cathode ray tube having an electron gun for producing an electron beam, an output face and a phosphor layer on the inner surface of the output face, the phosphor layer being disposed for impingement by the electron beam and for emitting light for producing a second visible image representing the pattern of penetrative radiation when the electron beam strikes the phosphor, the improvement comprising:
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