Patent ID: 6457859
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H05G

Abstract:
A CT scanner comprising:an x-ray tube assembly mounted on a rotating frame portion, the x-ray tube assembly including an x-ray tube and a housing, the x-ray tube being mounted in the housing between an anode side cavity and cathode side cavity with a cooling fluid path surrounding the x-ray tube and running between the anode and cathode side cavities; a beryllium window mounted on the x-ray tube; a cooling fluid suction line in fluid communication with one of the anode side cavity and the cathode side cavity and in fluid communication with a heat exchanger; a cooling fluid return line in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the other of the one of the anode side cavity and the cathode side cavity; a pump means for circulating cooling fluid through the heat exchanger, the suction and return lines, and the x-ray tube housing assembly; and a plurality of baffles mounted in the cooling fluid path directing the circulated cooling fluid toward the beryllium window.