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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2022
Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Peiyan Cao, Shenzhen, CN;
SHENZHEN XPECTVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of operating an imaging system which comprises (A) an image sensor comprising (a) a top surface, (b) M physically separate active areas on the top surface, and (c) a dead zone on the top surface and between the M active areas, and (B) a radiation source system which comprises an electron bombardment target, the method comprising: for i=1, . . . , N, sequentially causing emission of X-ray photons (i) from a radiation position (i) by causing electrons to bombard a target surface of the electron bombardment target at the radiation position (i); and for i=1, . . . , N, in response to the emission of the X-ray photons (i), capturing M images (i) of portions (i) of a same object, respectively in the M active areas, resulting in M×N images, wherein each point of the object is captured in at least one image of the M×N images.