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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Francisco Morales Serrano, Eindhoven, NL;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Francisco Morales Serrano, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An X-ray unit according to the invention has a first arrangement () that is intended for the contactless and X-ray free measurement of first data of an object (). A control unit () controls, on the basis of the first data of the object, a second arrangement () that measures X-ray data of the object by means of X-rays. With such an X-ray unit, first dataof the object can be obtained without using X-rays and control of the measurement of the X-ray data is made possible, with the result that, for the optimum quality of the X-ray data, only a minimum X-ray dose is applied to the object.