Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiological image capturing apparatus and radiological image capturing system
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Application No.: US12527673Application Date: 2008-02-14
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Publication No.: US08411816B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Hiromu Ohara
- Applicant: Hiromu Ohara
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2007-041437 20070221; JP2007-041440 20070221; JP2007-041446 20070221
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/052422 WO 20080214
- International Announcement: WO2008/102685 WO 20080828
- Main IPC: G03H5/00
- IPC: G03H5/00 ; G01N23/205

Abstract:
There is described a radiological image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to obtain a good X ray image in which contrast of the peripheral portions are emphasized by employing the Talbot interferometer method and the Talbot-Lau interferometer method. The apparatus is provided with an X-ray tube, a multi-slit member, a first diffraction grating, a second diffraction grating and an X-ray detector. The second diffraction grating contacts the X-ray detector. A distance L between the multi-slit element and the first diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.5 m, a distance Z1 between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.05 m, and a slit interval distance d0 of the multi-slit element is set to be not less than 2 μm. With the settings, the abovementioned good X-ray image can be obtained by using the Talbot-Lau interferometer system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100119041A1 RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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