F-Term-List

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AA00
X-RAY-PRODUCING SYSTEMS

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. Conventional X-ray tubes (i.e., electron-impact X-ray tubes)

. X-ray tubes not of the conventional type (e.g., tubes that produce soft X-rays)

. . Systems that use accelerators and synchrotron radiation

. . Plasma systems

. . . Target irradiation systems

. . . . Laser plasma

. . . Gas injection or ejection systems

. . . Systems that can be focused

. . . Narrow-tube systems (e.g., for insulated plasma)

. . . Systems that generate a magnetic field from the outside

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. . Source materials for X-rays and plasma

. . . Gases

. . . Liquids

. . . Insulation materials or crystals

. . . Solid metals

. . Other methods

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PURPOSE

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. Automation of starting and stopping irradiation

. Optimization or adjustment of exposure and dose produced

. Monitoring of film blackening and optimization or adjustment of brightness

. Improvement of image quality and contrast

. Improvement of reproducibility

. Improvement of transient phenomena and responsiveness

. . Phenomena at the beginning and end

. . Prevention of overshooting

. . Tube voltage

. Improvement of stationary features

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AB12

AB13

AB14

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. Improvement of operation

. Improvement of control and adjustability

. . Improved speed and efficiency

. . Expansion of controllable ranges

. . Improvement of accuracy

. Safety improvements

. . Improvement of insulation and pressure-resistance

. . X-ray shield means

. Maintenance and extension of functional features and useful life

. Testing of performance and features

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AB30

. Improvement of efficiency in producing X-rays

. Adjustment to ensure uniform intensity of X-ray distribution

. Adjustment of X-ray-beam quality

. Ripple reduction

. Noise reduction

. Miniaturization and weight reduction

. Prevention of magnetic deflection and saturation (e.g., transformers)

. Others

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USES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS

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. Medical treatments

. . Treatments for the digestive system

. . Treatments for the circulatory system

. . Treatments for the respiratory system

. . Dental treatments

. Industrial uses

. . Pattern exposure and lithography

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. Photographic or beam-penetration methods

. . Stereo photography

. . Panoramic photography

. . Cinematoscopic photography and continuous photography

. . Two-directional photography and bi-planar photography

. . X-ray television (TV), beam penetration, and photography

. . X-ray computerized tomography (CT)

. Others

BB00
HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATION MEANS AND CIRCUITS (I.E., ELECTRIC-POWER SOURCES)

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. Electric current sources

. . Alternating current (AC) sources

. . . Three-phase or multi-phase sources

. . Direct current

. . . Batteries or storage batteries

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. Structures of circuit elements

. . Transformers

. . Iron cores, windings, and coils

. . . Terminals and electrical connections

. . . Casings

. . Condensors

. . Cables

. . Materials

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. Circuit structure

. . Multiple circuits or current sources

. . Condensor systems

. . Cockcroft circuits

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. . Characteristic low-voltage circuits

. . . Constant-voltage-type circuits

. . . Rectiifying and smoothing circuits (e.g., reactors)

. . . Circuits that convert direct current to direct current (DC-DC) (i.e., including choppers)

. . . Circuits that convert direct current to alternating current (DC-AC) (e.g., inverters)

. . . . Series resonance circuits

. . Characteristic high-voltage structures

. . . Selective switching of X-ray-producing circuits

. Others

BC00
CHARACTERISTIC MEANS FOR STARTING AND ENDING THE PERIOD OF EXPOSURE, AND ELECTRICAL-POWER INPUT AND CUT-OFF TECHNIQUES

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. Characteristic power input at the time of closing down the system

. Characteristic power cut-off at the time of starting up the system

. Voltage reduction (e.g., 70% reduction and film desensitizing voltage)

. Specific polarity and turning on or offby use of phase shifts

. Y-type neutral-point switches

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. Beginning and ending means and related drive circuits

. . X-ray tubes (e.g., grid control)

. . Low-voltage beginning and ending means

. . High-voltage beginning and ending means

. . . Vacuum tubes (i.e., including tetrode tubes)

. X-ray shielding elements (e.g., shutters)

. Others

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COMPONENTS OF X-RAY-PRODUCING APPARATUSES (I.E., X-RAY-TUBE DEVICES)

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. Container structures (i.e., including shield structures)

. . Components of current-source devices inside the container

. Electron-beam-projecting sources

. Targets (e.g., anodes)

. . Rotating anodes

. . . Rotating mechanisms

. Trigger electrodes

. Characteristic electrode arrangements

. Characteristic electrical connections and wiring

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. X-ray emission sections

. . Emission apertures

. . Diaphragms, collimeters, and elements to control the field of irradiation

. . Filters

. Objects that the electron beam strikes (e.g., magnetic-field shields)

. . Deflection and scanning methods and means

. Cooling methods and means

. Fluid and gas supply and discharge methods and means

. Materials

. Others

BE00
SUPPORTS, FIXING MEANS, INSTALLATION, MOVEMENT, AND RELATED CONTROL

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. Device elements

. . X-ray producing elements and X-ray-tube devices

. . Cables (i.e., including cables for treatment, operation, and guiding)

. . ElementS for X-ray imaging, conversion, and detection

. . Entire devices (e.g., fpr use in mobile units for physical examinations)

. Transfer and rotation operations

. . Multiple co-operatingelements

. . Safety mechanisms

. Elements that are suspended or hanging from ceiling

. Others

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OTHER MECHANISMS, TECHNIQUES, ACCESSORIES, AND EQUIPMENT

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. Mounts and beds for test subjects

. Equipment (e.g., room shields)

. Multiple X-ray-device systems (i.e., including multiple X-ray tubes)

. Auxiliary devices

. Others

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CONTROL AND PARAMETER-SETTING (I.E., ACCORDING TO THE TECHNIQUE TYPE AND GENERAL PURPOSE)

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. Control modes

. . Reference-value control and target-value control

. . . Feedback control

. . Control of co-operation among devices

. . Control of preventing and protecting against malfunction

. . Control that limits values (i.e., holds values below upper limits)

. . Control of switching and selection

. . . Switching control for radioscopy and radiography

. . Control of sequence (i.e., including preparation)

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. Creation of parameters, control signals, and reference values, and correction thereof

. . Automatic creation, setting, and correction

. . . Computation and discrimination by use of multiple parameters

. . . Compensation for correction of measured values and determination of reference values values

. . . Use of reference values in determining errors

. . Parameter input and indicators

. . . Operator consoles or control panels

. Remote transmission of control signals

. Others

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CONTROL AND PARAMETER-SETTING (I.E., ACCORDING TO DESIRED PARAMETERS)

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. Amount of electricity supplied toto X-ray tubes (i.e., electrical power)

. . X-ray-tube voltage

. . X-ray-tube current

. Exposure time, extent of film blackening, and radiography time

. . Values in milliamperes per second (mAs)

. . Use of phototimers

. Image brightness

. Opening, closing, and switching of timing

. . Timing for starting and stopping irradiation

. Others (e.g., temperature and pressure controls)

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OBJECTS TO BE CONTROLLED (I.E., LOCATIONS ON OBJECTS)

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. Control of X-ray generators and X-ray-tube devices

. . Anodes (e.g., temperature control)

. . . Starting and stopping of rotary anodes

. . . Number of rotations of rotary anodes

. . Cathodes, filaments, and focus control (e.g., control by switching among the elements)

. . Control of electron-beam directional scanning and deflection

. . Elements to control of the field to be irradiated (e.g., diaphragms and collimators)

. . Shutter and filter control

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. Control of high-voltage generators and circuits (i.e., including power sources)

. Control of filament-heating means and circuits

. Control of the irradiation aperature, and means of electric-power input and cut-off

. Control of X-ray -image conversion units and units for detecting X-ray brightness level

. Control of movement and means for assisting movement

. Others

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CONTROL AND PARAMETER-SETTING FOR INPUT DATA (I.E., ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF INPUT DATA)

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. Attributes, properties, and data-creation factors

. . Detection of measured data

. . Preset input data

. . Exposure-testing data

. . Radioscopic data and parameters

. . Data stored in memory

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CF12

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. Signals indicating the start and stop of X-ray irradiation

. Amount of electricity supplied to X-ray tubes

. . X-ray-tube voltage

. . X-ray-tube current

. . Filament voltage

. . Filament current

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. Exposure-control signals and reference values

. . Duration of radiography (e.g., timer settings)

. . Values in milliamperes per second (mAs)

. . Image brightness (i.e., including projected signals)

. . Amounts of penetrating X-ray and dose rates

. . Data pertaining to field of irradiation and photometric fields and points

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. Data regarding devices (e.g., features, nature, status, and operating signals)

. . Input of data indicating the features of the device

. . . Projected image-conversion features (e.g., features of film, image intensifiers (II), and X-ray detectors)

. . . Compensation for device perating time and delay time

. . Device status

. . Activation and operation signals (e.g., television vertical-synchronization signals)

. . Movement and switching signals

. . Transfer and displacement signals

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. . Data for types of elements

. . . X-ray-producing elements

. . . Elements that convert X-rays to images

. . . . Television-camera apparatuses

. . . . Elements in television (TV) camera image-pick-up units

. . . . Radiography units

. . . X-ray and brightness detection units

. Data for the detected objects (e.g., object thickness and position)

. . Signals related to the living organism (e.g., electro-cardiograms)

. Others

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CIRCUITS AS CONTROL OR ADJUSTMENT MEANS AND X-RAY-TUBE VOLTAGE

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. Low-voltage control

. . Tap switches and moving contacts of the transformer

. . Width control of alternating-current conduction (e.g., alternating-current [AC] choppers for phase control)

. . Use of direct-current-to-alternating-current (DC-AC) converters (e.g., inverters)

. . . Amplitude control of direct-current (DC) input (i.e., including DC-DC conversion)

. . . Width control of inverter conduction

. . . Inverter-frequency control

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. High-voltage control

. . Variable-impedance control

. . High-voltage chopper control

. Others

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CIRCUITS AS CONTROL OR ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR X-RAY-TUBE CURRENT

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. Objects to be controlled (i.e., location of control)

. . Filament

. . X-ray tube grid

. Control circuits

. . Chopper circuits and conduction width-control circuits

. . Use of inverters

. . Co-operation with other circuits, X-ray tubes, and the like

. . . Synchronization operations with voltage-raising inverters

. . Elements that supply direct current to the filament

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. Correction and compensation for the space charge

. Preheating control

. Others

CJ00
CONTROL OF X-RAY-IMAGE CONVERTERS AND OF X-RAY BRIGHTNESS-LEVEL DETECTION UNITS

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CJ09

. Characteristic control of radiography units

. . Direct photo-shooting elements (e.g., photo cameras)

. . . Film replacement by loading and unloading of film

. . Indirect photo-shooting elements (e.g., photo cameras)

. . Photographing units (e.g., use of cinemicrographic cameras)

. Characteristic control of photo-shooting elements

. . Selective changing of fields to be irradiated by use of diaphragms

. . Incident-light filters and shutters

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CJ20

. Characteristic control of devices for conversion of X-ray images to optical images

. . Fluorescent elements

. . Image intensifiers (II)

. . Selective changing of fields to be irradiated by use of diaphragms

. . Filters and shutters for incident X-rays

. Control of X-ray and brightness detection

. . Control and selective changing of fields to be irradiated and photometric fields

. Characteristic control of optical-image transmission

. . Spectrum control (e.g., half mirrors)

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CJ30

. Characteristic control of indication and monitors

. . Indication of additional information

. . Memory units (e.g., image memory and video memory)

. . Control of recording units (e.g., video tape recorders [VTR])

. . Image-signal processing and treatment of images

. Others

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DETECTION, MEASUREMENT, AND INDICATION

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. X-rays

. Brightness level of X-rays transmitted through the object to be examined

. . Ion-chambers and semi-conductor detectors

. . Photoelectric devices (i.e., detected by brightness-detection units)

. . Projected-image signals (e.g., in television monitors)

. . Changing of field of irradiation, photometric field, and measurement points

. . . Multiple detectors that can be selectively switched

. . Phototimers

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DD20

. X-ray-tube voltage

. . Low-voltage measurement

. . High voltage measurement

. . Conversion from voltage to frequency

. X-ray-tube current

. . Neutral point measurement

. . High-voltage current

. Parameters that relate to the filament (e.g., voltage or temperature)

. . Filament current

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DD27

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DD30

. Duration and frequency of exposure

. . Characteristic means for measuring by milliampere per second (mAs)

. Measurement and detection of device status

. . Status of X-ray-producing elements (e.g., temperature and energy values)

. . Grounding status

. . Abnormalities and defects (e.g., breaking of the filament)

. Measurement relating to the objects examined (e.g., ultrasonic wave images of body thickness)

. Indication methods, means, and circuits

. Others

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SAFETY, PROTECTION, AND PREVENTION

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. Prevention of excessive or insufficient doses

. Prevention of overloading or insufficient loads (e.g., electric power or power amount)

. . Prevention of excessive or inadequate voltage

. . Prevention of excessive or inadequate current

. . Prevention of overheating

. . Prevention of excessive or inadequate X-rays

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EE20

. Shielding during emergencies (i.e., under abnormal operating conditions)

. Prevention of faulty operation of apparatuses

. . Prevention of faulty operation or faulty movement

. Backup systems (i.e., including timers)

. . Power outages

. Protection of the examined object

. Others

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