Patent ID: 9347893
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A dual-use imaging slit or slot scan system for simultaneous PCI and conventional digital imaging of the same object, wherein the system is comprised of: At least one radiation source, At least one set of pre-object and pre-detector slits or slots for conventional digital imaging, At least one set of pre-object and pre-detector slits or slots for PCI digital imaging, A set of pre-object and pre-detector masks associated with each set of pre-object and pre-detector slits or slots for PCI digital imaging, A radiation detector employed with each pre-detector slit or slot, Detector readout electronics configured for analyzing the readout signals using energy integration or photon counting or energy resolution techniques, and An electronic communications link to a computer for data post-processing, storage, and display.