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X-ray imaging system and method

US8705694B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Victor Grubsky · Los Angeles, US
Tomasz Jannson · Torrance, US
Edward Matthew Patton · Torrance, US
Volodymyr Romanoov · Torrance, US
Gennady Medvedkin · Torrance, US
Paul Shnitser · Irvine, US
Keith Shoemaker · Lomita, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 2009
Grant date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V5/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for x-ray imaging. In some embodiments, an aperture, or a plurality thereof, are configured to have image transfer functions lacking a zero within a usable spatial frequency range. In further embodiments, the image transfer function is determined according to the shape of the aperture and the usable spatial frequency range is determined according to a usable signal to noise ratio.

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