X-ray body scanner for computerized tomography comprising inner fluid container surrounded by outer fluid container (US Patent 4063097)

Patent number: 4063097 Granted: 1977-12-13 Filed: 1976-09-16 Inventors: David M. Barrett (Brookfield, WI, US); John L. Henkes, Jr. (Latham, NY, US); Lewis S. Edelheit (Schenectady, NY, US); Robert Godbarsen (Elm Grove, WI, US) Assignees: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY, US)

Abstract

An x-ray source, whose output is collimated into a thin fan-shaped beam, and detector means spaced from the source are mounted for scanning and orbiting jointly