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Computerized dynamic tomography system

CA 1316612 C · Owner: Griffith, Lionell K. · Inventors: Griffith, Lionell K.

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An object is exposed to penetrating radiation at each of a plurality of partial rotations of the object. Radiation transmitted through the object strikes a separate sheet of radiographic film for each exposure to record an entire radiographic image of the object for each angular orientation. The radiographic images are digitized and stored in the memory of a computer. Each digitized image is registered by determining the error of rotation and center of rotation for each digitized image and correcting for the error of rotation by rotation and translation of pixel values. One or more displacement values are selected in correspondence with one or more desired levels of view and the digitized …

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  • Granted April 20, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 20, 2010.
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FiledMarch 10, 1989
GrantedApril 20, 1993
Term endedApril 20, 2010
Patent numberCA 1316612 C
Classification (IPC)G01N23/04 +2 more

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1990199319961999200220052008Application filedMarch 10, 1989Patent grantedApril 20, 1993Term endedApril 20, 2010

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