Fluoroscope system utilizing an image storage tube

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IN A SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A FLUOROSCOPIC PRESENTATION OF A SUBJECT ADAPTED TO BE IRRADIATED WHICH COMPRISES A RADIATION SOURCE ARRANGED TO EMIT RADIATION ACROSS A SPACE IN WHICH A SUBJECT TO BE IRRADIATED IS POSITIONED FOR EXAMINATION, MEANS FOR CONFINING SAID SOURCE OF RADIATION EMITTED ACROSS SAID SPACE TO A THIN FAN-LIKE BEAM IN A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO A PLANE THROUGH SAID SOURCE, A RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS POSITIONED IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BEAM IN THE SAME PLANE WITH SAID RADIATION SOURCE AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE INCIDENT RADIATION, SAID RADIATION DETECTOR MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED CRYSTALS ADAPTED TO EFFECT TRANSLATION OF SAID INCIDENT RADIATION INTO CORRESPONDING LIGHT PULSES, MEANS POSITIONED IN OPTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CRYSTALS FOR RECEIVING SAID LIGHT PULSES AND TRANSLATING LIGHT INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN PROPORTION TO SAID INCIDENT RADIATION, EACH OF SAID SIGNALS BEING DIRECTED TO SEPARATE CONTACTS OF A SWITCH MEANS, AN IMAGE PRESENTATION STORAGE TUBE, SAID TUBE COMPRISING AN ELECTRON INTENSITY CONTROL GRID AND VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BEAM DEFLECTION PLATES CONTROLLED BY VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SYNC GENERATORS, MEANS FOR SCANNING SAID SEPARATE CONTACTS AND FEEDING SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO SAID GRID OF SAID MEMORY TUBE, SAID SIGNALS CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY OF THE ELECTRON BEAM OF THE MEMORY TUBE, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE RADIATION SOURCE AND DETECTOR MEANS IN PLANES PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER ACROSS THE SPACE IN WHICH THE SUBJECT IS ADAPTED TO BE PLACED AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SYNC GENERATORS AS SAID RADIATION SOURCE AND DETECTOR MEANS ARE MOVED ACROSS SAID SUBJECT.