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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
David H. Foos, Webster, NY (US);
Samuel Richard, Rochester, NY (US);
Timothy J. Wojcik, Rochester, NY (US);
Xiaohui Wang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/06 (2013.01); A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01); A61B 6/465 (2013.01); A61B 6/588 (2013.01);
Abstract
A slot scanning system and method for imaging a patient. The method comprises: providing a source of x-ray radiation, directed toward a subject; providing a large flat portable freely-positionable non-tethered stationary digital detector spaced from the source and positioned to receive the x-ray radiation; providing a slotted collimator intermediate the x-ray source and digital detector; and generating a digital x-ray image of the patient by combining a captured plurality of line images.