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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seung-hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Si-won Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Hye-kyoung Hong, Seoul, KR;
Jin-beom Hong, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An X-ray apparatus includes a collimator comprising a lamp and configured to adjusting an irradiation region of X-rays radiated from an X-ray source; an image acquirer configured to acquire an object image by imaging an object while the lamp is turned on; and a controller configured to acquire an object distance based on the object image and acquire a thickness of the object based on a detector distance and the object distance. The object distance is a distance between the X-ray source and the object, and the detector distance is a distance between the X-ray source and an X-ray detector.