Secondary collimator and method of assembling the same
AssigneeMorpho Detection, Inc.
InventorGeoffrey Harding
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Abstract
A method for assembling a secondary collimator including a first face plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface is provided. The method includes positioning a lamella assembly on the first face plate, wherein the lamella assembly includes at least one radiation-absorbing material layer and at least one radiation-transmitting material layer, such that a first surface of the lamella assembly is adjacent the second surface of the first face plate. The method also includes coupling a second face plate to the first face plate and the lamella assembly such that a first surface of the second face plate is adjacent a second surface of the lamella assembly.
Claims20
A method for assembling a secondary collimator including a first face plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, said method comprising:
- positioning a lamella assembly on the first face plate, wherein the lamella assembly includes at least one radiation-absorbing material layer and at least one radiation-transmitting material layer such that a first surface of the lamella assembly is adjacent the second surface of the first face plate;
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- coupling a second face plate to the first face plate and the lamella assembly such that a first surface of the second face plate is adjacent a second surface of the lamella assembly.
A secondary collimator, comprising:
- a first face plate;
- a second face plate;
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- a lamella assembly coupled between said first face plate and said second face plate, said lamella assembly comprising at least one lamella, each said lamella comprising at least one radiation-absorbing material layer and at least one radiation-transmitting material layer.
An X-ray diffraction imaging (XDI) system, comprising:
- an X-ray source;
- a detector array comprising a plurality of detector elements;
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- a secondary collimator coupled between said X-ray source and said detector array, said secondary collimator comprising:
- a first face plate;
- a second face plate;
- and
- a lamella assembly coupled between said first face plate and said second face plate, said lamella assembly comprising at least one lamella, each said lamella comprising at least one radiation-absorbing material layer and at least one radiation-transmitting material layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.