Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiradiation generation apparatus and radiation imaging system utilizing dual-purpose radiation sources
- Patent Title (中): 多辐射发生装置和利用两用辐射源的辐射成像系统
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Application No.: US14189952Application Date: 2014-02-25
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Publication No.: US09408577B2Publication Date: 2016-08-09
- Inventor: Miki Tamura , Kazuyuki Ueda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JP2013-035612 20130226
- Main IPC: H01J35/06
- IPC: H01J35/06 ; H01J35/12 ; H01J35/16 ; A61B6/02 ; A61B6/00

Abstract:
A multiradiation generation apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of radiation sources arranged in a row. Each of the radiation sources includes an electron source configured to emit electrons and a target unit configured to generate radiation upon receiving electrons emitted from the electron source. At least one of the radiation sources is a dual-purpose radiation source used for both tomosynthesis imaging and non-tomosynthesis imaging, and the other radiation sources are single-purpose radiation sources used only for tomosynthesis imaging.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140241492A1 MULTIRADIATION GENERATION APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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