X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices – Specific application – Absorption
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-22
2007-05-22
Glick, Edward J. (Department: 2882)
X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Specific application
Absorption
C378S098800, C378S014000, C378S009000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11394406
ABSTRACT:
An imaging system and method for taking an image of an object. The imaging system comprises a mechanism that propels the object linearly in a direction of motion through an imaging region that has a top, bottom, front, and rear; an x-ray source located below the bottom, aligned with the front, and emitting an x-ray cone beam to the imaging region; and a plurality of x-ray detector assemblies, each of the detector assemblies including a linear row of detectors above and parallel to the top and perpendicular to the direction of motion, and a linear column of detectors outside of and parallel to the rear right side and extending at an angle to the direction of motion, wherein each of the detector assemblies defines an x-ray fan beam within the x-ray cone beam. A second system embodiment duplicates the x-ray source/detector assemblage and rotates the second assemblage by 90° around the object. In the method, a number of x-ray fan beams are emitted from a single location at different angles and the object is propelled linearly through the fan beams. The x-ray intensity of each fan beam passing through a voxel is read and those x-ray intensities are combined in accordance to standard laminography practice to generate an image for the voxel. In this way, images for all voxels are generated and used to produce an image of the entire object. With the second system embodiment, two sets of voxel images are generated, which allows views from a full 180° for all voxels in the object. Applying computer tomography reconstruction algorithms can produce CT images.
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Glick Edward J.
Kiknadze Irakli
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