Patent ID: 8872116
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a plurality of cameras arranged in an array, each of the plurality of cameras producing a signal indicative of radiation impinging on the respective camera and corresponding to a respective image region corresponding to the field of view of the respective camera, wherein the image region from each of the plurality of cameras is combined to produce a combined image substantially corresponding to the combined field of view of the plurality of cameras, and wherein the plurality of cameras are arranged such that the field of view of each of the plurality of cameras overlaps the field of view of at least one adjacent camera of the plurality of cameras so that the respective image regions overlap to form a respective plurality of overlap regions wherein each pixel location in the combined image corresponds to pixel locations in the image regions of at least two of the plurality of cameras within the respective overlap region; an energy conversion component for converting first radiation impinging on a surface of the energy conversion component to second radiation at a lower energy that is detectable by the plurality of cameras; and at least one computer for processing the signals from each of the plurality cameras to combine the image regions from the plurality of cameras to generate the combined image, the at least one computer configured to combine signals in the plurality of overlap regions to improve image quality of the combined image.