Patent ID: 8287187

Claim:
A system for determining the location of an x-ray source of an x-ray machine comprising: an x-ray source, said x-ray source emitting x-ray beams, said emitted x-ray beams having an idealized beam path, said x-ray source having a source locator associated therewith, said source locator including an IR transmitter; a computing device for determining a location of the x-ray source based on determining size differences between an x-ray opaque object and an image of the x-ray opaque object; a digital storage device for storing location results derived from the computing device; and an x-ray grid having x-ray grid lines, said x-ray grid lines adjusting to said idealized beam path of said x-ray beam source in response to the location information transmitted to the IR transmitter to selectively permit said emitted x-ray beams to pass through said x-ray grid, wherein the location information stored in the digital storage device is transmitted by the IR transmitter.