Slip Ring CT (Key Component of Modern 3rd Generation Computed Tomography)

After the invention of CT itself and moving from first generation CT to third generation CT the incorporation of slip rings into modern CT is the most import enabler of improved scanning. It has enabled a number of clinical applications which were hypothesized when the Nobel Prize was granted for CT, but not possible until slip-ring CT was a reality.

Slip-ring CT is the technology which enables power and data to be transferred without physical cables connecting the stationary and rotating portions of the CT gantry. The slip-ring enables continuous gantry rotation which in tern enables multiple acquisition types including: helical CT, cine CT, cardiac CT, CT perfusion, gated lung imaging (i.e. 4D CT) and CT Fluoroscopy.

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