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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Controlrad Systems Inc., Radnor, PA (US);
Haim Zvi Melman, Kfar Saba, IL;
Allon Guez, Pen Valley, PA (US);
Controlrad Systems Inc., Radnor, PA (US);
Abstract
An x-ray system including an x-ray source, a detector having an input area, a monitor configured to display detected images, means for determining a location of a Region of Interest (ROI) of a patient on the displayed image; and a collimator having means for projecting the region of interest (ROI) on a selected fraction of the input area exposed by the x-ray source, the collimator movable in a plane parallel to the detector input area, the collimator includes a plurality of holes having different sizes, each one of the holes configured for projecting the selected fraction of the exposed area for a different zoom of the detector.