Patent ID: 9068927
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G01N,G21K,H01J

Abstract:
1. An X-ray imaging system, comprising: an x-ray source wherein an X-ray target is configured to receive a focused electron beam having a cross-sectional shape that is rectangular, with an aspect ratio of at least 50:1, from an electron emitter and emit a line source X-ray beam as a result of receiving the focused electron beam; and a monochromator crystal configured to receive the line source X-ray beam from the target and diffract a portion of the X-rays, wherein the portion of X-rays that are diffracted satisfies the Bragg condition for the monochromator crystal, and wherein the monochromator crystal is oriented relative to the X-ray target such that the portion of the X-rays from the target that satisfy the Bragg condition illuminate a defined area of a surface of the monochromator crystal.