Patent ID: 11877877
Assignee: FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A cabinet for imaging a tissue specimen comprising:
an x-ray source;
an x-ray detector positioned relative to the x-ray source along a first axis;
an object holder disposed at least partially between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector and within a chamber of the cabinet, the object holder configured to receive the tissue specimen, wherein the object holder is selectively moveable in a direction along the first axis, and the object holder is rotatable around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and
a controller operably coupled to the x-ray source, the x-ray detector, and the object holder, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine a position of the tissue specimen at a first position of the object holder relative to the x-ray source and the first axis;
after the position of the tissue specimen at the first position is determined, the controller moves the object holder within the chamber towards a second position based on the determined position of the tissue specimen;
rotate the object holder around the second axis, wherein the object holder rotates while in the second position;
simultaneously with rotating the object holder, emit one or more x-ray beams along the first axis and through the tissue specimen;
generate a plurality of two-dimensional x-ray images of the tissue specimen; and
reconstruct the plurality of two-dimensional x-ray images into a three-dimensional data set of the tissue specimen.