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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Bernhard Gleich, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/405 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides an X-ray modulator, for use with an X-ray tube, comprising an enclosed chamber having a window portion and a side portion in gaseous communication with each other. The enclosed chamber comprises a chamber wall, wherein the chamber wall of the window portion is thinner than the chamber wall of the side portion. The X-ray modulator further comprises a pressure modulation device provided in the side portion of the enclosed chamber, which is adapted to modulate the pressure within the enclosed chamber, and an absorption gas within the enclosed chamber for absorbing X-ray radiation.