Patent ID: 6674837
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A61B,G01T,H01J,Y10S

Abstract:
An X-ray system for examining an object comprising:a source of X-rays operated such that the X-rays are emitted from only a portion of the surface of the X-ray source; an X-ray detector having means such that only a portion of the X-ray detector is active at any one time; means for synchronizing the X-ray source and X-ray detector such that a corresponding area of the X-ray detector is activated when the corresponding area of the X-ray source is emitting X-rays; and feedback means for monitoring the X-ray flux received by each of the individual X-ray detecting portions of the X-ray detector; and controlling the amount of flux received by each of the active portions in response to the monitored X-ray flux.