Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray imaging apparatus and method of operating same
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Application No.: US15156615Application Date: 2016-05-17
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Publication No.: US10241060B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Dae-soo Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0077487 20150601
- Main IPC: A61B6/06
- IPC: A61B6/06 ; G21K1/04 ; G01N23/04 ; G01N23/00 ; G21K1/02

Abstract:
Provided is an X-ray imaging apparatus which includes a collimator configured to adjust an irradiation range of an X-ray irradiated from the X-ray source. The collimator comprises a first field size range adjustor comprising a first plurality of blades and a driving power transfer unit configured to transfer driving power to the first plurality of blades, a second field size range adjustor facing the first field size range adjustor and comprising a first plurality of blades, and a connector configured to respectively connect the first plurality of blades of the first field size range adjustor to the first plurality of blades of the second field size range adjustor so as to make the first plurality of blades of the second field size range adjustor move as the first plurality of blades of the first field size range adjustor move.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160349191A1 X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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