Patent ID: 7123687

Claim:
A method for providing X-ray image data signals corresponding to a selected portion of a two-dimensional image at an enhanced image resolution, comprising: exposing at least a portion of an X-ray receptor to an amount of X-ray radiation corresponding to said two-dimensional image during at least a first portion of a second time interval but not during at least a first portion of a first time interval; reading out, from said X-ray receptor at a first data rate during at least a second portion of said first time interval, a first plurality of pixel data signals corresponding to at least a first portion of said two-dimensional image and having a first pixel discharge time associated therewith; and reading out, from said X-ray receptor at a second data rate during at least a second portion of said second time interval, a second plurality of pixel data signals corresponding to at least a second portion of said two-dimensional image and having a second pixel discharge time associated therewith, wherein said first and second pixel discharge times are substantially equal, and said first and second portions of said two-dimensional image are substantially mutually exclusive.