Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): X射线成像装置
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Application No.: US13125862Application Date: 2009-11-09
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Publication No.: US08509387B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Osamu Tsujii , Makoto Sato , Masahiko Okunuki , Satoshi Shimizu , Takashi Ogura
- Applicant: Osamu Tsujii , Makoto Sato , Masahiko Okunuki , Satoshi Shimizu , Takashi Ogura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2008-289173 20081111
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/069406 WO 20091109
- International Announcement: WO2010/055930 WO 20100520
- Main IPC: G21K5/10
- IPC: G21K5/10

Abstract:
An X-ray imaging apparatus is provided with a multi X-ray source and a collimator in which a plurality of slits for X-rays to pass through are two-dimensionally formed, the size and position of the slits being adjustable. A control unit, as a first control mode, controls the size and position of the slits to move an examination region in parallel, when an X-ray source is changed to a different X-ray source, such that the examination directions are parallel before and after the change. Also, the control unit, as a second control mode, controls the size and position of the slits to rotate the examination direction, when an X-ray source is changed to a different X-ray source, such that the center of the examination regions is the same before and after the change.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110216884A1 X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-09-08
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