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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Principle Imaging Corporation, West Yellowstone, MT (US);
John D. Cox, Gainesville, FL (US);
Gary R. Cantu, West Yellowstone, MT (US);
Iain Hueton, Ogden, UT (US);
PRINCIPLE IMAGING CORPORATION, West Yellowstone, MT (US);
Abstract
A scanning system having a plurality of X-ray sources together with a single X-ray detector that uses sequentially emitted overlapping fan-shaped or cone-shaped beams to image a target such as the leg of a horse. The X-ray detector is rotated closer to the target and the X-ray emitter sources are rotated at a greater distance from the target. The positioning systems of the X-ray detector and the X-ray sources may be operated independently of one another, with each of the X-ray detector and the X-ray sources being also rotated about separate axes passing therethrough (while they are both being rotated around the target) as a way to keep the X-ray sources and the X-ray detector parallel to one another while working in very tight spaces.