Patent ID: 7583789

Claim:
An x-ray imaging system comprising: an x-ray source; an optical device for directing x-rays from the x-ray source, the optical device comprising at least one point-focusing, curved monochromating optic for directing x-rays from the x-ray source towards a focal point in the form of a focused monochromatic x-ray beam; a detector aligned with the focused monochromatic x-ray beam directed from of the optical device, the detector being an imaging detector; wherein the optical device facilitates radiographic imaging of an object using the detector when the object is located between the optical device and the detector, within the focused monochromatic x-ray beam provided by the optical device; and wherein the optical device facilitates image demagnification of the object with the object placed within the focused monochromatic x-ray beam before the focal point, and the detector located closer to the focal point than the object is to the focal point.