Patent ID: 7453978
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: A61B,G01N,G01T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating x-ray images of a subject, the apparatus comprising: an x-ray radiation source for directing x-ray radiation along a radiation axis toward the subject, where the radiation axis substantially coincides with an X-axis of an XYZ coordinate system; a detector array for receiving the x-ray radiation as altered by the subject, the detector array comprising a plurality of detector cells for receiving and detecting the x-ray radiation at a spatial resolution which is dependent at least in part on cell-to-cell spacing between detector cells in the array and the orientation of the array with respect to the X-axis and Z-axis of the XYZ coordinate system, means for processing signals generated by the detector cells of the detector array to generate a human-perceivable image of the subject, wherein the subject is disposed between the x-ray radiation source and the detector array at a location on or adjacent a scan axis of the apparatus, wherein the scan axis is substantially parallel to the Z-axis.