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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zhongmin Lin, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Trex Medical Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 62 ; 378 37 ;
Abstract
An object to be imaged is positioned between an x-ray source and an x-ray imager. The x-ray source is operated to direct x-rays through and around the object. Electrical signals representative of the intensity of the x-rays impinging on the x-ray imager are used to locate a boundary of the object, and an x-ray image is generated using this boundary. Alternatively or additionally, an x-ray image is generated using the highest frequency magnitude in the set of electrical signals.