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US 2026/0227529 A1Published application
Sequential array of x-ray imaging detectors
AssigneeSigray, Inc.
InventorsWenbing YUN, Janos KIRZ, Richard Ian SPINK
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a plurality of x-ray imaging detectors having at least a first x-ray imaging detector and a second x-ray imaging detector. The first and second x-ray imaging detectors are configured sequentially along an x-ray beam propagation direction.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one scintillator configured to allow first x-rays of an x-ray beam to propagate through the at least one scintillator and to generate visible light in response to second x-rays of the x-ray beam;
- at least one optical system configured to allow at least a first portion of the first x-rays to propagate through the at least one optical system;
- at least one mirror configured to allow at least a second portion of the first portion of the first x-rays to propagate through the at least one mirror and to reflect at least some of the visible light from the at least one optical system in a direction non-parallel relative to an x-ray propagation direction of the first x-rays propagating through the at least one optical system and the at least one mirror;
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- a plurality of active elements configured to receive the visible light reflected by the at least one mirror.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a first x-ray imaging detector and a second x-ray imaging detector, the first x-ray imaging detector and the second x-ray imaging detector positioned sequentially along a propagation direction of an x-ray beam;
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- at least one aperture configured to allow x-rays to propagate through the first x-ray imaging detector to the second x-ray imaging detector.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first x-ray imaging detector and a second x-ray imaging detector positioned sequentially along a propagation direction of an x-ray beam, wherein at least one of the first x-ray imaging detector and the second x-ray imaging detector comprises:
- a scintillator configured to be irradiated by the x-ray beam propagating along the propagation direction, to generate visible light in response to at least some x-rays of the x-ray beam, and to allow at least some x-rays of the x-ray beam to propagate through the scintillator;
- an optical system configured to receive at least some of the visible light from the scintillator, and to allow at least some x-rays of the x-ray beam that propagate through the scintillator to propagate through the optical system;
- a mirror configured to reflect at least some of the visible light from the optical system in a direction non-parallel relative to the propagation direction of the x-ray beam, and to allow at least some x-rays of the x-ray beam that propagate through the optical system to propagate through the mirror;
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- a detector system configured to receive at least some of the visible light reflected by the mirror, and to generate an image in response to the received at least some of the visible light.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an x-ray source configured to emit an x-ray beam that impinges a sample;
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- a plurality of x-ray imaging detectors configured to receive x-rays of the x-ray beam that are transmitted through the sample, the plurality of x-ray imaging detectors configured to provide both positional information and angular information of structures within the sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.