| abstract |
Apparatus for supplying operating power to an X-ray generating source, wherein the source sends a radiation signal to a patient and a portion of the signal which passes through the patient is utilized to produce an image of the patient, the apparatus comprising a power supply which includes a mechanism for receiving a low-voltage input signal and a voltage transforming and combining mechanism for producing a high voltage signal; and a mechanism for monitoring the high-voltage supply signal, a mechanism for receiving the supply signal and regulating the duration or amplitude of the supply signal to produce a high-voltage regulated output signal for operating the X-ray generating source, and a mechanism for receiving X-ray radiation which has passed through a patient and generating a feedback signal representative thereof which enables automatic control of the amount of X-ray radiation received by the patient. |