Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Shepp

Lawrence A. Shepp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High speed computer assisted tomography
    Patent number: 4227088
    Abstract: X-ray generation and detection apparatus for use in a computer assisted tomography system which permits relatively high speed scanning. A large X-ray tube having a circular anode (3) surrounds the patient area. A movable electron gun (8) orbits adjacent to the anode. The anode directs into the patient area X-rays which are delimited into a fan beam by a pair of collimating rings (21). After passing through the patient, X-rays are detected by an array (22) of movable detectors. Detector subarrays (23) are synchronously movable out of the X-ray plane to permit the passage of the fan beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Dan Maydan, Lawrence A. Shepp