X-ray tube having scintillator-photocathode segments aligned with phosphor segments of its display screen

Patent · Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5478643

Wang, S

An x-ray amplifier tube of the proximity design in which the scintillator screen, the photo-cathode screen and the output phosphor display screen are all segmented, with the segmentations of each screen being in registry with those of the other screens. In some embodiments one or more apertured masks are interposed between the scintillator-photocathode screen assembly and the output phosphor display screen, or ahead of the scintillatorphotocathode screen assembly, the apertures of the masks being in registry with the segmentations of the scintillator-photocathode screen and the output phosphor display screen.

• Assignee: Diagnostic Information Inc
• Patent Number(s): US 4208577
• Application Number: TRN: 82-008274
• OSTI ID: 5478643
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 10 Aug 1978; Other Information: PAT-APPL-932666
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
SCINTILLATOR-PHOTODIODE DETECTORS
DESIGN
IMAGE INTENSIFIERS
PHOSPHORS
X RADIATION
X-RAY TUBES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON TUBES
EQUIPMENT
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
TOMOGRAPHY
X-RAY EQUIPMENT
550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)