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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, The Hague, NL;
Christiaan Kok, Eindhoven, NL;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Thomas Koehler, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Jacobs, Boxtel, NL;
Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Veldhoven, NL;
Dorothee Hermes, Eindhoven, NL;
Antonius Maria Bernardus Van Mol, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for aligning an X-ray grating to an X-ray radiation source, the device () comprising at least two flat X-ray grating segments (-); at least one alignment unit (-) for aligning one of the at least two flat X-ray grating segments; wherein the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (-) are arranged in juxtaposition and are forming an X-ray grating (); wherein the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (-) each comprise a grating surface (-) for X-ray radiation, each grating surface (-) comprising a geometrical center; wherein normals (-) to each of the grating surfaces (-) define a common plane (), wherein the normals (-) intersect the geometrical center of the grating surface (-); wherein at least a first of the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (-) is rotatable around an axis (-) that is perpendicular to the common plane (); and wherein the first of the at least two flat X-ray grating segments (-) that is rotatable around the axis (-) is connected to a first of the at least one alignment unit (-). The invention provides a device () and a method () which provide an improved X-ray grating ().