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2006-03-07

2006-03-07

Ho, Allen C. (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Electronic circuit

With display or signaling

C378S098300, C378S098110, C250S367000, C250S368000, C250S370110

Reexamination Certificate

active

07010092

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an optically coupled digital radiography method and apparatus for simultaneously obtaining two distinct images of the same subject, each of which represents a different x-ray energy spectrum. The two images may be combined in various ways such that anatomical features may be separated from one another to provide a clearer view of those features or of underlying structures. The two different images are obtained using a pair of scintillators separated by an x-ray filter that attenuates part of the x-ray spectrum of an x-ray exposure such that the first and second scintillators receive a different energy spectrum of the same x-ray exposure. Alternatively, the two different images can be obtained without a filter and with two scintillators made of different fluorescing materials that react differently to the same x-ray exposure.

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