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US 8,428,221 B2Granted
Medical x-ray acquisition system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJan Boese, Michael Maschke
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Abstract
A medical x-ray acquisition system has an x-ray source and an x-ray detector, the x-ray source having at least one field emission radiator with at least one field emission cathode. The field emission cathode can be formed by a nanostructured material with carbon nanotubes.
Claims9
A medical x-ray acquisition system comprising:
- an x-ray source;
- an x-ray detector;
- a C-arm to which said x-ray source and said x-ray detector are attached;
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- said x-ray source comprising a plurality of field emission radiators, each having at least one field emission cathode, said field emission radiators being arranged along a circle segment of the C-arm.
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