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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Zhong Zhong, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Jonathan Hanson, Wading River, NY (US);
Jerome Hastings, Stanford, CA (US);
Chi-chang Kao, Setauket, NY (US);
Anthony Lenhard, Medford, NY (US);
David Peter Siddons, Cutchogue, NY (US);
Hui Zhong, Coram, NY (US);
Zhong Zhong, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Jonathan Hanson, Wading River, NY (US);
Jerome Hastings, Stanford, CA (US);
Chi-Chang Kao, Setauket, NY (US);
Anthony Lenhard, Medford, NY (US);
David Peter Siddons, Cutchogue, NY (US);
Hui Zhong, Coram, NY (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
Abstract
An x-ray focusing device generally includes a slide pivotable about a pivot point defined at a forward end thereof, a rail unit fixed with respect to the pivotable slide, a forward crystal for focusing x-rays disposed at the forward end of the pivotable slide and a rearward crystal for focusing x-rays movably coupled to the pivotable slide and the fixed rail unit at a distance rearward from the forward crystal. The forward and rearward crystals define reciprocal angles of incidence with respect to the pivot point, wherein pivoting of the slide about the pivot point changes the incidence angles of the forward and rearward crystals while simultaneously changing the distance between the forward and rearward crystals.