Imaging apparatus

Details Imaging apparatus Imaging apparatus

2008-02-14

2010-06-22

Glick, Edward J (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Specific application

Absorption

C378S037000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07742561

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is designed to overcome the disadvantages of X-ray imaging having difficulty in high-sensitivity measurement and of optical imaging having difficulty in high-spatial-resolution measurement, when used for diagnostic purposes. The present invention provides an imaging apparatus including an X-ray tube, a detector having sensitivity to X-rays and light, and a processing unit that processes the result of detection. In the imaging apparatus, the processing unit processes, as a first signal, a signal detected by the detector during an irradiation period in which an X-ray source provides X-ray irradiation, and processes, as a second signal, a light signal detected by the detector during a period other than the irradiation period.

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