Patent ID: 9433395
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B,G01B,G01C,G01N,G01S,G06T,H01J

Claim Text:
1. An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising: an X-ray emitter configured to irradiate an object with X-rays and be independently movable with respect to an X-ray detector of the X-ray imaging apparatus; the X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays having passed through the object, convert the detected X-rays into an electric signal, and be independently movable with respect to the X-ray emitter; a location information collector configured to collect location information regarding the object; and a controller configured to execute a computer program stored in a computer readable medium, wherein the computer program is provided to perform controlling the X-ray emitter or the X-ray detector based on the location information regarding the object collected by the location information collector, by determining a first movement location of one of the X-ray emitter and the X-ray detector, and using the determined first movement location to determine a second movement location of a remaining one of the X-ray emitter and the X-ray detector after the first one of the X-ray emitter and the X-ray detector moves to the first movement location.