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US 6,212,257 B1Granted
Modular X-ray radiator system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDetlef Mattern, Erich Hell, Peter Schardt
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Abstract
A modular X-ray radiator system includes at least one base X-ray radiator with a rotating bulb tube with a cathode that emits an electron beam, an anode, and an arrangement for variably deflecting the electron beam and for adjustment of the size of the focal spot of the electron beam on the anode, and a number of drive mechanisms of varying drive powers which can be selectively attached to one of the base X-ray radiators for the rotating of the rotating bulb tube.
Claims10
An X-ray radiator system comprising:
- at least one base X-ray radiator containing a rotating bulb X-ray tube having a cathode which emits an electron beam, an anode on which said electron beam is incident at a focal spot for producing X-rays, and an arrangement for adjusting a size of said focal spot on said anode;
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- a plurality of drives of different drive types, each drive type having a different drive power, selectively attachable to said rotating bulb X-ray tube for rotating said rotating bulb X-ray tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.