X-ray pencil beam forming system and method
AssigneeSeethru Ai Inc.
InventorsOmar Al-Kofahi, DOMENIC ANTHONY MARTIGNETTI
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for create a scanning pencil beam of x-rays and the air cooling of the system. The system has an enclosure with an x-ray beam source disposed therein. An x-ray wheel having or holding an x-ray attenuating ring is disposed proximate to an end of the enclosure and is configured and disposed to rotate the x-ray attenuating ring and form a scanning pencil beam. The system has at least one air inlet and air outlet and at least one air moving device configured and disposed to move air through the air inlet and the air outlet and to air cool the x-ray system.
Claims20
An air cooled x-ray system configured to form a scanning pencil beam of x-rays comprising:
- an enclosure having a first end and an opposite second end;
- an x-ray beam source disposed in the enclosure proximate its first end;
- an x-ray wheel having or holding an x-ray attenuating ring proximate to the first end of the enclosure, the x-ray attenuating ring having at least one aperture in an outer circumference thereof;
- the x-ray wheel being configured and disposed to rotate the x-ray attenuating ring about the x-ray beam source and for the passage of x-rays through the at least one aperture and forming the scanning pencil beam;
- at least one air inlet disposed in x-ray system;
- at least one air outlet disposed in x-ray system;
- at least one air moving device configured and disposed to move air through the air inlet and the air outlet and to air cool the x-ray system;
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- wherein the enclosure comprises an x-ray attenuating material and is configured and disposed to substantially limit x-ray leakage from the x-ray system.
A method of air cooling a scanning pencil beam x-ray system comprising the steps of:
- disposing an x-ray beam source proximate a first end of an enclosure;
- rotating an x-ray attenuating ring about the x-ray beam source;
- disposing at least one aperture in an outer circumference of the x-ray attenuating ring to x-rays generated with the x-ray beam source and forming a scanning pencil beam of x-rays;
- moving air into an air inlet in the enclosure;
- moving the air about the x-ray beam source and absorbing heat generated with the x-ray beam source;
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- moving the heated air out of the enclosure and thereby air cooling the scanning pencil beam x-ray system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.