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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Tobias Funk, Martinez, CA (US);
Brian Wilfley, Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter Holst, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Triple Ring Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K 1/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An x-ray collimator can be constructed from multiple subassemblies, which at least includes a first subassembly that reduces the leakage of x-ray radiation between adjacent apertures and a second subassembly that reduces the spill of x-ray radiation around the detector face. Each of these subassemblies has numerous apertures. In the first subassembly these apertures correspond to focal spots on an x-ray source, and in the second subassembly, these apertures are shaped such that the dimensions increase from smaller entrances to larger exits.