X-ray collimator for imaging with multiple sources and...

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2006-11-28

2009-02-24

Glick, Edward J. (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Beam control

Collimator

C378S147000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07496181

ABSTRACT:
Reduced source spacing for multi-source, multi-detector X-ray imaging systems is provided by allowing channels within an X-ray collimator to intersect within the body of the collimator. As a result, the channels are not independent, and the source spacing can be significantly reduced. Although such collimators have a much more “open” structure than conventional collimators having independent channels, they can still provide efficient collimation performance (e.g., predicted leakage <5%). Several high attenuation layers having through holes and stacked together can provide collimators according to the invention, where the through holes combine to form the intersecting channels.

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