Mothod for acquiring a radiation image of a long body part using direct digital x-ray detectors
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsXiaohui Wang, David H. Foos
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Abstract
A method for acquiring an elongated radiographic image comprising: positioning an elongated object between a source of x-rays and a digital image capture device having a known imaging dimension which is less than a like dimension of said elongated object; moving said device in a direction parallel to said known imaging dimension to sequential contiguous positions to acquire a sequence of radiographic images of said elongated object; and rotating said source of x-rays about an axis perpendicular to said direction of moving said device in coordination with said moving project said x-rays from said source toward said device.
Claims5
A method for acquiring an elongated radiographic image comprising:
- positioning an elongated object between a source of x-rays and a digital image capture device having a known imaging dimension which is less than a like dimension of said elongated object;
- moving said device in a direction parallel to said known imaging dimension to sequential contiguous positions to acquire a sequence of radiographic images of said elongated object;
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- rotating said source of x-rays about an axis perpendicular to said direction of moving said device in coordination with said moving project said x-rays from said source toward said device.
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