Digital Radiographic Device Having a Linear Scanner
OwnerOmid Ebrahimi Kiainventor
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Abstract
An x-ray imaging apparatus comprises a platform connected to a frame, a sliding bar, a detector mounted on the sliding bar, an x-ray source, and a control system. The x-ray source includes a collimator to generate an x-ray exposure window. The control system is configured to slide the detector along the sliding bar and synchronously move the collimator to direct the x-ray exposure window to the first detector. The x-ray exposure window movements are registered to the detector movements. The detector interfaces with a processor that processes x-ray image data received from the detector, and generates at least one x-ray image from the x-ray image data.
Claims20
An apparatus for tomography x-ray imaging, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a first detector mounted on a sliding bar;
- b) an x-ray source including a collimator to generate an x-ray exposure window;
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- c) a control system configured to slide linearly said first detector along said sliding bar and synchronously move said collimator to direct said x-ray exposure window to said first detector, wherein movements of said x-ray exposure window are registered to movements of said first detector;
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- wherein said x-ray source, said sliding bar, and said first detector being able to rotate laterally around a sliding direction of said first detector.
A method for tomography x-ray imaging, comprising:
- a) generating an x-ray exposure window using an x-ray source including a collimator;
- b) sliding linearly a first detector mounted on a sliding bar along said sliding bar and synchronously moving said collimator to direct said x-ray exposure window to said first detector, wherein said collimator movements are registered to said first detector movements, and said x-ray exposure window scans a platform;
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- c) processing x-ray image data received from said first detector, and generating at least one x-ray image from said x-ray image data;
- wherein said x-ray source, said sliding bar, and said first detector being able to rotate laterally around sliding direction of said first detector.
An apparatus for x-ray imaging, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a first detector mounted on said sliding bar;
- b) an x-ray source including a collimator to generate an x-ray exposure window, said x-ray source is connected to said first detector by an arm;
- c) a control system configured to slide linearly said first detector along said sliding bar and synchronously move said x-ray source to direct said x-ray exposure window to said first detector, wherein said x-ray source movements are registered to said first detector movements, and said x-ray exposure window scans a platform;
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- wherein said x-ray source, said arm, said sliding bar, and said first detector being able to rotate laterally around sliding direction of said first detector, and said first detector horizontally slides along said sliding bar in lateral orientation or aposteriori orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.