Patent ID: 9627098
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G21K

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an x-ray source operable to generate x-ray beams; a collimator comprising one or more leaves configured to modify the x-ray beams, wherein each of at least one of the one or more leaves comprises at least a portion that is partially x-ray attenuating configured to modulate a beam quality of the x-ray beams passing therethrough to provide for imaging or treatment of a body portion, and each of the portion covers an entire field of view of the x-ray beams on the body portion being imaged or treated, and the portion has a substantially uniform thickness; a motorized system operable to move the one or more leaves independently in or out of the x-ray beams; and a controller configured to synchronize an activation of the x-ray source with an activation of the motorized system, wherein the one or more leaves move in synchronization with the activation of the x-ray beams.