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Tomography system having an ultrahigh-speed processing unit

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OSTI ID:5237772
A transverse section tomography system has an ultrahigh-speed data processing unit for performing back projection and updating. An x-ray scanner directs x-ray beams through a planar section of a subject from a sequence of orientations and positions. The data processing unit includes a scan storage section for retrievably storing a set of filtered scan signals in scan storage locations corresponding to predetermined beam orientations. An array storage section is provided for storing image signals as they are generated.
Assignee:
Picker Corp.
Patent Number(s):
US 4042811
OSTI ID:
5237772
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English