A Time-Resolved System For Improved Sectional Radiography

John J. Baum; James D. Collins

doi:10.1117/12.953676

1 June 1972 A Time-Resolved System For Improved Sectional Radiography

John J. Baum, James D. Collins

Proceedings Volume 0035, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine I; (1972) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953676
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine, 1972, Chicago, United States

Abstract

The full value of tomography as a diagnostic procedure cannot be achieved with currently available techniques because they do not permit utilization of the total information obtained in a single tomographic exposure. Time-resolved acquisition and storage of this information, however, permits reconstruction of any desired layer from a single patient exposure, thereby increasing substantially the diagnostic value of tomography. Although this time-resolved system achieves sectional radiography using geometrical techniques similar to those commonly practiced in modern radiology departments, it'has two unique aspects: recognition of the fact that all of the sample, not just one layer, is projected clearly on the image sensing plane at any instant during the exposure, and development of a method for storing this information so that any desired layer may be displayed without need for further patient exposure.

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John J. Baum and James D. Collins "A Time-Resolved System For Improved Sectional Radiography", Proc. SPIE 0035, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine I, (1 June 1972); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953676

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