Systems and methods for providing an x-ray imaging system with nearly continuous zooming capability

A method for acquiring and displaying an X-ray image, comprising:

• providing an X-ray system comprising:
• an X-ray source;
• a CMOS based X-ray detector having an active area for detecting a X-rays from the X-ray source and capable of adjusting a virtual image pixel size by binning multiple physical detector pixels together according to a desired region of interest;
• and
• a collimator defining an aperture, wherein the collimator is configured to center the aperture over any portion of the active area of the CMOS based X-ray detector;
• and
• generating an X-ray image of an object placed between the X-ray source and the CMOS based X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray image visualizes an array of virtual image pixels that have been previously binned at the CMOS based X-ray detector.

An X-ray system, comprising:

• an X-ray source;
• a CMOS based X-ray detector having an active area of an array of physical detector pixels for detecting X-rays from the X-ray source and capable of adjusting a virtual image pixel size by binning multiple physical detector pixels together according to a desired region of interest;
• and
• a collimator defining an aperture, wherein the collimator is configured to center the aperture over any portion of the active area of the CMOS based X-ray detector.