Tomographic system having a single case on which are carried the X-ray tubes and detectors

摘要

The invention relates to a transverse axial tomographic system using a computer. This system includes a single casing in the form of a toroid on which are carried a number of X-ray tubes that can be simultaneously or successively started very rapidly for thus irradiating a body positioned about the axis of the casing and a plurality of detectors receiving the X-rays attenuated by the body. Such a system permits tomographic slices of organs such as the heart while they are moving.