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Tomography system having an ultrahigh speed processing unit

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OSTI ID:5237776
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 scanner includes a movably supported radiation detector for detecting the intensity of the beams of radiation after they pass through the subject.
Assignee:
Picker Corp.
Patent Number(s):
US 4044240
OSTI ID:
5237776
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English