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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1996
Richard Trissel, Cardiff, CA (US);
Steve Horton, Oceanside, CA (US);
Brett Spivey, Encinitas, CA (US);
Lee Morsell, Del Mar, CA (US);
Thermotrex Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A scintillation based microscope. One surface of a single crystal salt crystal scintillator is supported on an optically transparent support plate. The opposite surface, an illumination surface, of the crystal is coated with an optically reflecting material which is transparent to high energy photons (such as x-ray and/or high energy ultraviolet photons) in order to provide a scintillation sandwich having an optical mirror at the illumination surface of the crystal. These high energy photons are directed through a target to create a shadow image of the target on the illumination surface of the scintillator salt crystal. A portion or all of the shadow image is viewed with an optical device such as an eye piece to provide a very high resolution image of the target or portions of the target. In a preferred embodiment an adjustable pin hole unit is described to produce a very small x-ray spot source for producing high resolution geometric magnification of the shadow image of the target.