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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Microtec S.r.l., Bressanone, IT;

Inventor:

Enrico Ursella, Mestre, IT;

Assignee:

MICROTEC S.R.L., Bressanone, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G01N 33/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G01N 33/46 (2013.01); G01N 2223/619 (2013.01); G01N 2223/631 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); G06T 2211/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and method for performing computed tomography scans of elongate objects, wherein the object is irradiated with X-rays emitted by a plurality of X-ray emitters which are offset relative to a forward movement direction transversal to the main axis of the object, wherein a rotation device rotates each object about its own main axis of extension while the object is irradiated by one or more beams of X-rays, wherein electronic identifying means estimate the instantaneous position and orientation of the axial portions of the object which are irradiated during the rotation, and wherein an electronic processing and control unit is programmed for combining sets of radiographic data acquired for each axial portion of the object at different detecting moments during the rotation, for processing a three-dimensional tomography reconstruction of the object while taking into account corresponding information about the position and the orientation of each axial portion at each moment.


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