CT GENERATIONS Flashcards
CAT
Computerized Axial Transverse/ Tomography
o - Hounsfield build a whole body CT SCANNER
1975
o 1971: EMI ( ____
Introduced by SIR GODFREY HOUNSFIELD
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FEATURES if 1ST CT > scanning motion or tube detector movements
TRANSLATE- ROTATE
1st CT
Detector & Xray source:
X-ray Beam:
Duration of Scan ( average):
Single
Pencil- shaped
25-30 mins
mins to scan one slicein 1st CT
3-5
: minute to reconstruct
1.5
1st CT SCAN
Number of Slice per rotation:
Motion of Gantry:
Scan Mode: step and shoot scanning
Power Supply: straighten twisted system cables
Characteristics:made up of ____
1
Linear and Rotary
Sodium Iodide
1st CT
___ translations with __ degree rotation in LINEAR MOTION
180
1
2nd Generation
Tube- detector movement:
Translate Rotate
2nd CT
introduced by ___ @ Georgetown University in Feb. 1974
LEDLEY
2ND CT
the machines utilizes ___ PMT. Complete a scan in only 9 TRANSLATE- ROTATE CYCLE.
30
Xray beam shaped of 2nd CT
___ secondd per slice
Narrow fan beam
20
___ translations in CT
60
No. Of detector in earlier and late version of CT
3, 53