Bow-tie x-ray filter assembly for dual energy tomography
CA 2034476 A1 · Owner: Hampel, Willi Walter · Inventors: Hampel, Willi Walter
Overview
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Abstract of the Disclosure A polymer attenuation filter in a CT machine is mounted at its center and allowed to expand freely at its ends to prevent cracking of the filter as it expands with temperature and after it becomes brittle with x-ray exposure. Vertical expansion of the filter at its center is accommodated by a stress relief hole cut between the center fastening points. Relatively greater horizontal expansion is accommodated by means of spring clamping. Difference in expansion between a metallic strip filter and its support is accommodated by tightly affixing the ends of the filter to the support so that the metallic strip is always under tension and cannot buckle.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 17, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 17, 2011.
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