Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for x-ray imaging an object
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Application No.: US16309956Application Date: 2017-06-16
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Publication No.: US10660595B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Rolf Karl Otto Behling
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Larry Liberchuk
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@464c525c
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/064788 WO 20170616
- International Announcement: WO2017/216354 WO 20171221
- Main IPC: G01N23/04
- IPC: G01N23/04 ; A61B6/00 ; G01N23/041

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for imaging an object. It is described to position (210) an X-ray detector relative to at least one X-ray source such that at least a part of a region between the at least one X-ray source and the X-ray detector is an examination region for accommodating an object. In a first mode of operation, with the at least one X-ray source a first focal spot is produced (220), such that at least some first X-rays produced at the first focal spot pass through a first grating of an interferometer arrangement, the first grating positioned at a first position, and such that the at least some first X-rays pass through a second grating of the interferometer arrangement, the second grating positioned at a second position. In the first mode of operation, the at least some first X-rays are detected (230) with the X-ray detector at a detector position. In a second mode of operation, with the at least one X-ray source a second focal spot is produced (240), such that at least some second X-rays produced at the second focal spot avoid the first grating at the first position. In the second mode of operation, the at least some second X-rays are detected (250) with the X-ray detector at the detector position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190159742A1 APPARATUS FOR X-RAY IMAGING AN OBJECT Public/Granted day:2019-05-30
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