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US 2010/0150316 A1Published application
X-ray apparatus and detection unit for an x-ray apparatus
AssigneeDor Dental AG
InventorMichael Thoms
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Abstract
The invention relates to an x-ray apparatus (10) with an x-ray radiation source (12) and a detector unit (14) in which the detector unit (14) comprises a plurality of detectors (74) which merely absorb a part of the x-rays that are hitting them and which are arranged next to each other with parallel spaces therebetween. It is possible by means of the x-ray apparatus and/or the detector unit to obtain a plurality of sectional views of an object penetrated by radiation with a single photograph, which views correspond to focus planes with spaces therebetween.
Claims27
An X-ray apparatus comprising:
- a source of X-radiation for transirradiating an object, said source being capable of being moved along a source path by means of a first drive means;
- and
- a detection unit on which X-radiation impinges after penetrating the object and which is capable of being displaced along a detector path by means of a second drive means,
- wherein the detection unit includes at least two detectors which react to X-ray light and are arranged one behind the other in parallel-spaced manner;
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- wherein the detectors, where appropriate with the exception of a rearmost, each absorb only a part of the X-radiation impinging on them.
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