Patent ID: 9200947
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B,G01J,G06T,G21K,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging an object of interest using penetrating radiation, comprising: (a) positioning a source of penetrating radiation and a radiation detector externally of the object of interest and with the object of interest positioned therebetween; (b) repeatedly measuring the penetrating radiation generated by the source of penetrating radiation and passing through the object of interest along each of at least one linear path extending from the source of penetrating radiation to the radiation detector and intersecting the object of interest, by: (i) exposing the object of interest to the penetrating radiation thereby allowing the radiation to pass through said object, and (ii) detecting the penetrating radiation which passes through the object of interest along each of the at least one linear path, thereby to generate a plurality of measurements for each of the at least one linear path; (c) processing the plurality of measurements for each of the at least one linear path to obtain at least one statistical parameter capable of describing a width of a temporal distribution of the plurality of measurements for each of the at least one linear path, and (d) reconstructing the image of the object of interest based on the at least one parameter describing the distribution of the plurality of measurements, thereby obtaining images of the object of interest.