US 2024/0201110 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZATION OF PHOTON COUNTING IN A CABINET X-RAY SYSTEM

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of a cabinet X-ray incorporating an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector that utilizes photon-counting, and a real-time camera, either high definition or standard resolution, for the production of organic and non-organic images and a system and method wherein the attained X-ray radiograph may be colorized to designate different densities. In particular, the disclosure relates to a system and method with corresponding apparatus for a cabinet x-ray for capturing an X-ray image utilizing a photon counting detector and software allowing a cabinet X-ray unit to attain and optimize images in grayscale and utilizing the photon counts in the various densities of the specimen creating a colorization representing the variation in densities.

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Dependent claims

A cabinet x-ray image system for obtaining x-ray images and colorized or grey scale density x-ray images of a specimen, the system comprising:

a cabinet defining an interior chamber wherein the cabinet comprises a walled enclosure surrounding the interior chamber, a door configured to cover the interior chamber and a sampling chamber for containing the specimen;
a display;
an x-ray system including:
an x-ray source;
a photon-counting detector;
and
a specimen platform;
and
a controller configured to:
selectively energize the x-ray source to emit x-rays through the specimen to the x-ray detector;
control the x-ray detector to collect a projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
determine the density of different areas of the specimen from data collected from the x-ray detector of the projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
create a density x-ray image of the specimen wherein the different areas of the specimen are indicated as a density or range of densities based on the determined density of different areas of the specimen;
and
selectively display the density x-ray image of the specimen on the display.

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A method for obtaining x-ray images and colorized or grey scale density x-ray images of a specimen using a cabinet x-ray image system, wherein the cabinet x-ray image system comprises:

a cabinet defining an interior chamber wherein the cabinet comprises a walled enclosure surrounding the interior chamber, a door configured to cover the interior chamber and a sampling chamber for containing the specimen;
a display;
an x-ray system including:
an x-ray source;
a photon-counting detector;
and
a specimen platform;
and
a controller configured to:
selectively energize the x-ray source to emit x-rays through the specimen to the x-ray detector;
control the x-ray detector to collect a projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
determine the density of different areas of the specimen from data collected from the x-ray detector of the projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
create a density x-ray image of the specimen wherein the different areas of the specimen are indicated as a density or range of densities based on the determined density of different areas of the specimen;
and
selectively display the density x-ray image of the specimen on the display, wherein the method comprises:
controlling the x-ray detector to collect an x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
determining the density of different areas of the specimen from data collected from the x-ray detector of the projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
creating a density x-ray image of the specimen wherein the different areas of the specimen are indicated as a density or range of densities based on the determined density of different areas of the specimen;
and
selectively displaying the density x-ray image of the specimen on the display.

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A method for obtaining x-ray images and colorized or grey scale density x-ray images of a specimen using a cabinet x-ray image system, wherein the cabinet x-ray image system comprises:

a cabinet defining an interior chamber wherein the cabinet comprises a walled enclosure surrounding the interior chamber, a door configured to cover the interior chamber and a sampling chamber for containing the specimen;
a display;
an x-ray system including:
an x-ray source;
a photon-counting detector;
and
a specimen platform;
and
a controller configured to:
selectively energize the x-ray source to emit x-rays through the specimen to the photon-counting detector;
control the photon-counting detector to collect a projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
determine the density of different areas of the specimen from data collected from the photon-counting detector of the projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
create a density x-ray image of the specimen wherein the different areas of the specimen are indicated as a density or range of densities based on the determined density of different areas of the specimen;
and
selectively display the density x-ray image of the specimen on the display, wherein the method comprises:
controlling the photon-counting detector to collect an x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
determining the density of different areas of the specimen from data collected from the x-ray detector of the projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
creating a density x-ray image of the specimen wherein the different areas of the specimen are indicated as a density or range of densities based on the determined density of different areas of the specimen;
and
selectively displaying the density x-ray image of the specimen on the display.

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System and method for utilization of photon counting in a cabinet x-ray system

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System and method for utilization of photon counting in a cabinet x-ray system

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