Diffractive analyzer of patient tissue
AssigneeArion Diagnostics, Inc.
InventorsAlexander P. Lazarev, Pavel I. Lazarev, Delvin Tai Wai Yuk
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Abstract
An x-ray diffractometer may perform 3D-analysis of collagen tissue of a patient (a human or another animal). The diffractometer includes an oblong housing that may be hinged and that contains an x-ray projector and an x-ray receiver. The analyzed tissue, such as the external ear and skin of a patient, is accommodated between the x-ray projector and the x-ray receiver. The x-ray projector directs an x-ray micro-beam at the patient's tissue. The receiver contains a movable two-dimensional x-ray detector that detects the x-ray micro-beam passed through the analyzed tissue and detects x-rays scattered or diffracted by the analyzed tissue.
Claims18
A diffractometer system comprising:
- an x-ray source including an x-ray projector that projects an x-ray beam;
- an x-ray receiver including an array of x-ray sensors positioned to detect x-rays from the x-ray beam, wherein patient tissue to be analyzed can be accommodated between the x-ray source and the x-ray receiver;
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- one or more telescoping structures on at least one of the x-ray source and the x-ray receiver, each telescoping structure extending to and fixing the patient tissue in place during an x-ray examination process.
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