- Patent Title: X-ray imaging apparatus and monochromatic x-ray generating method
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Application No.: US17073584Application Date: 2020-10-19
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Publication No.: US11229412B2Publication Date: 2022-01-25
- Inventor: Go Kawata
- Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara
- Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2019-195202 20191028
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; G01T1/20 ; A61B6/04 ; A61B6/03 ; H05G1/02

Abstract:
An X-ray imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an X-ray tube, a photon counting X-ray detector, and a filter unit. A generating unit of the X-ray tube is configured to generate X-rays. The photon counting X-ray detector is configured to count photons contained in the X-rays. The filter unit is provided between the X-ray tube and the photon counting X-ray detector. The filter unit includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter is configured to shape a spectrum of the X-rays. The second filter is configured to generate X-ray fluorescence on the basis of X-rays related to a spectrum resulting from the shaping by the first filter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210121142A1 X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND MONOCHROMATIC X-RAY GENERATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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