Patent ID: 7010086
Filing Date: 2006-03-07
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An imaging system for generating an image of a planar segment of an object, said imaging system comprising: an x-ray source that generates x-rays at first and second source points, said x-rays from said first and second source points passing through said object; a planar detector comprising a plurality of photodetectors covered by a layer of scintillation material that converts x-rays into visible light, said planar detector being positioned to receive x-rays from said first and second source points after said x-rays have passed through said object; and a controller that selects which of said source points generates said x-rays at any given time and that reads a first image formed by x-rays from said first source point and stored in a first portion of said photodetectors while a second portion of said photodetectors measures x-rays from said second source point to generate a second image that is stored in said second portion of said photodetectors.