Patent ID: 7330530

Claim:
A method for detecting an image of an object with an x-ray beam, the method comprising: diffracting the x-ray beam using non-matching monochromator crystals, the non-matching monochromator crystals including a first monochromator crystal and a second monochromator crystal, the first monochromator crystal being different from the second monochromator crystal in at least one of lattice spacing or crystal type; transmitting the x-ray beam from the non-matching monochromator crystals through the object; directing the transmitted x-ray beam at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer; detecting a first image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a first angular position of the crystal analyzer; detecting a second image of the object from a diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer at a second angular position of the crystal analyzer; and combining the first and second images to derive an enhanced image.