X-ray collimator
US10395788B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J35/116
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An x-ray collimator that may include a substrate containing a plurality of holes, each hole being frustoconical at one end and tubular at the other end for use in an x-ray imaging system, whereby the x-ray collimator may be aligned with a two-dimensional array of x-ray sources and a two-dimensional x-ray sensor, and whereby x-ray photons from the x-ray sources may pass through the collimator holes and emerge as a beam of x-ray photons in a narrow angle cone which may pass through a subject being imaged, positioned between the output holes of the collimator and the x-ray sensor.
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