Global Patent Index - EP 0165850 B1

EP 0165850 B1 19881026 - METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FOCAL POSITION IN AN X-RAY TUBE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THIS METHOD

Title (en)

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FOCAL POSITION IN AN X-RAY TUBE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THIS METHOD

Publication

EP 0165850 B1 19881026 (FR)

Application

EP 85401034 A 19850528

Priority

FR 8408489 A 19840530

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4675892A] The invention relates to a process for the controlling of the position of the focus of an X-ray tube, a applicable to the monitoring of X-ray equipment equipped with X-ray tubes and to the installation of the latter in shields. The invention also relates to a control apparatus for performing the above process. According to the process of the invention, the image of the focus of an X-ray tube is produced on two X-radiation sensitive, contiguous detector means. Each of the detector means supplied an output signal, whose amplitude is a function of the distribution of said image of said detector means. The output signals are applied to a comparison means, which supplies a difference signal linked with the position of the focus along a first given axis.

IPC 1-7

H05G 1/26; H05G 1/52; H01J 35/24

IPC 8 full level

H01J 35/24 (2006.01); H05G 1/26 (2006.01); H05G 1/52 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01J 35/24 (2013.01 - EP US); H05G 1/26 (2013.01 - EP US); H05G 1/52 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0165850 A1 19851227; EP 0165850 B1 19881026; DE 3565924 D1 19881201; FR 2565451 A1 19851206; FR 2565451 B1 19860822; US 4675892 A 19870623

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85401034 A 19850528; DE 3565924 T 19850528; FR 8408489 A 19840530; US 73535885 A 19850517