Adaptix Limited

Begbroke Science Park, Cie

Kristin Schmiedehausen

Mark Evans

Gil Travish

Steve Wells

Martin Holden

Paul Betteridge

Abdul Sami Mughal

To obtain functional informationenergising a first set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a first period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-raysafter passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a first set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data; energising a second set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a second period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a second set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data, wherein the number of emitters used in the second period of time is less than used in the first period of time; and comparing at least some images from each set of images to provide functional information.

Method of obtaining x-ray images

The disclosed system includes an emitter array for generating x-rays, a detector array for sensing a flux of x-rays transmitted through a region of interest; apparatus for holding, moving and aligning the emitter array relative to the region of interest and the detector array; electronic means for controlling the emitters and for reading and analyzing the output from the detectors and converting it to image data, and a display for displaying and manipulating the image data. The individual emitters are operated in multiple groups each illuminating a region of interest between the emitter array and the detector array such that the cone of radiation rays projected on the detector array from any single emitter in any one such group is substantially spatially separated from the corresponding projected cones from all other emitters in that same group.

Medical imaging system having an array of distributed X-ray generators

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Kristin Schmiedehausen