Title:
CTスキャナ用の散乱防止X線コリメータ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006526761
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An X-ray collimator for collimating X-rays from an X-ray source that illuminate an array of columns and rows of X-ray detectors, the collimator having a first side that faces the X-ray source and a second side opposite the first side that faces the detector array, the collimator comprising: a plurality of strips formed from an X-ray absorbing material, wherein each strip is corrugated so that it has rectangular and/or square corrugations; and means for maintaining the plurality of strips one next to the other with the corrugations of one strip aligned with corrugations of an adjacent strip to form an array of rows and columns of square/and or rectangular wells corresponding to the X-ray detectors in the array.
Inventors:
Levene Simha
Ergali Abner
Ergali Abner
Application Number:
JP2005500177A
Publication Date:
November 24, 2006
Filing Date:
June 01, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Philips Medical Systems Technologies Limited
International Classes:
G01T7/00; A61B6/03; G21K1/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Tsugaru
Akihiko Miyazaki
Fueda Shusen
High Bridge Rie
Akihiko Miyazaki
Fueda Shusen
High Bridge Rie