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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Jens Fürst, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Michael Maschke, Lonnerstadt, DE;
Frank Sprenger, Cary, NC (US);
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Jens Fürst, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Michael Maschke, Lonnerstadt, DE;
Frank Sprenger, Cary, NC (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
XinRay Systems LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
In order to achieve improved image quality in X-ray photographs, a medical X-ray imaging system, comprising a flat, planar X-ray source having a surface with X-ray focal points arranged adjacent to one another and an X-ray detector with a sensor surface, is provided. The X-ray source has a plurality of field emission guns with at least one field emission cathode and the surface with focal points of the X-ray source is larger in size than the sensor surface of the X-ray detector.