Multi-Resolution X-Ray Image Capture
OwnerWilliam Eugene Campbellinventor
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for multi-resolution x-ray image capture. In one embodiment, a method includes repositioning an image capture assembly of an x-ray image capture apparatus from a first position to a second position, the first position corresponding to a first pixel density resolution and the second position corresponding to a second pixel density resolution; activating an x-ray source; and obtaining a digital x-ray image of a subject from an imaging sensor of the image capture assembly, the digital x-ray image having the second pixel density resolution.
Claims20
A multi-resolution x-ray image capture apparatus comprising:
- a beam enclosure unit comprising an aperture at a first end;
- a screen affixed across the aperture of the beam enclosure unit, the screen configured to convert incident x-rays into photons of light;
- a first mirror affixed within the beam enclosure unit at an end opposite the aperture;
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- an image capture assembly comprising a second mirror and an imaging sensor, where the image capture assembly is configured to rotate between a first high-resolution position and a second lower-resolution position, where photons from the screen reach the imaging sensor via reflection by the second mirror when in the first high-resolution position and via reflection by the first mirror and the second mirror when in the second lower-resolution position.
A multi-resolution x-ray capture system, comprising:
- an x-ray source;
- a multi-resolution x-ray image capture apparatus comprising:
- a screen configured to convert incident x-rays from the x-ray source into photons of light,
- a first mirror, and
- an image capture assembly comprising a second mirror and an imaging sensor, the image capture assembly configured to rotate between a first position and a second position, where photons from the screen reach the imaging sensor via reflection by the second mirror when in the first position and via reflection by the first mirror and the second mirror when in the second position;
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- a processor system configured to receive a digital x-ray image from the imaging sensor, the digital x-ray image having a first pixel density resolution when the image capture assembly is in the first position and a second pixel density resolution when the image capture assembly is in the second position.
A method comprising:
- repositioning an image capture assembly of an x-ray image capture apparatus from a first position to a second position, the first position corresponding to a first pixel density resolution and the second position corresponding to a second pixel density resolution;
- activating an x-ray source;
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- obtaining a digital x-ray image of a subject from an imaging sensor of the image capture assembly, the digital x-ray image having the second pixel density resolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.