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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Roland Proksa, Neu Wulmstorf, DE;
Daniela Muenzel, Munich, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating X-rays. It is described to produce () with a power supply () a voltage. A cathode () of an X-ray source () is positioned () relative to an anode () of the X-ray source. Electrons are emitted () from the cathode. Electrons emitted from the cathode interact () with the anode with energies corresponding to the voltage. X-rays are generated () from the anode, wherein the electrons interact with the anode to generate the X-rays. The X-ray source is controlled (), such that a plurality of first X-ray pulses is generated each having a first X-ray flux, wherein the first X-ray pulses are temporally separated from each other. The X-ray source is controlled (), such that a least one second X-ray pulse is generated having a second X-ray flux that is substantially less than the first X-ray flux, wherein the at least one second X-ray pulse is generated temporally between consecutive pulses of the first X-ray pulses.