X-ray imaging device
US10393890B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B6/484
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an X-ray imaging device according to a first embodiment, an X-ray detector has a configuration in which scintillator elements are defined by light-shielding walls in a lattice shape. Among X-rays incident on the X-ray detector, X-rays incident on the light-shielding walls are not converted into scintillator light and are transmitted by the X-ray detector. Accordingly, by causing X-rays to be incident on the X-ray detector in which the scintillator elements are defined by the light-shielding walls in a lattice shape, an area in which X-rays 3a transmitted by a subject M are incident on the X-ray detector can be limited to an arbitrary range. Accordingly, since a detection mask can be omitted in the X-ray imaging device which is used for EI-XPCi, it is possible to reduce a manufacturing cost of the X-ray imaging device.
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