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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
Compact x-ray devices, systems, and methods for tomosynthesis, fluoroscopy, and stereotactic imaging
The University of North Carolina Atchapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Otto Z. Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jianping Lu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yueh Zenas Lee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Christina Inscoe, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Alex Billingsley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
Compact x-ray devices, systems, and methods for capturing in tomosynthesis, two-dimensional radiography, fluoroscopy, and stereotactic imaging modes. In some embodiments, the compact x-ray imaging system includes an x-ray source array including spatially distributed x-ray focal spots and a digital area x-ray detector. In some embodiments, the imaging system includes an electronic switching device configured to alternate the imaging mode of the system. In some embodiments, the imaging system includes a mechanical support configured to enable a position and orientation of the x-ray source array and the digital area x-ray detector to be adjusted such that both upper and lower extremities of a patient can be imaged using various imaging modes while a position of the plurality of spatially distributed x-ray focal spots with respect to the digital area x-ray detector remains unchanged.