Fluoroscopy apparatus for forming layer images of a three-dimensional object
First Claim
1. Apparatus for layer-wise imaging of an object (6) comprising:
- a plurality of radiation source means (2), which are disposed adjacent the object in a single radiation source plane (1), each of which projects a beam (4) of penetrating radiation through the object in a geometry wherein all of the radiation beams have approximately the same cross section area in an irradiation plane (8) which intersects the object and all of the beams cover substantially the same region of the irradiation plane;
record carrier means (10), disposed on the opposite side of the object from the radiation source plane to receive the radiation beams which have passed through the object and to record therefrom perspective images of the object which are formed by the radiation beams;
image display means (15) including an image receiving surface (16);
imaging matrix means (13), comprising a plurality of imaging elements (14) which are disposed in a geometry which corresponds to the distribution of the radiation source means in the radiaton source plane, whih produce an image of a layer within the object by superpositioning the perspective images on the image receiving surface; and
means (28) for producing a relative displacement between the position of the irradiation plane and the object in a direction perpendicular to the irradiation plane.
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Abstract
Apparatus for the layer-wise imaging of an object by means of a large number of radiation sources which are situated in a radiation source plane and whose radiation beams intersect one another so that the approximately equally large radiation beam cross-sections which are situated in one irradiation plane almost completely cover one another. A record carrier is arranged on the other side of the object in order to record perspective images produced by the radiation beams. A imaging matrix which comprises imaging elements for the superposition of the perspective images on an image display device is disposed behind the record carrier. Displacement means are provided in order to realize a relative movement between the irradiation plane and the object or an object table carrying the object.
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1. Apparatus for layer-wise imaging of an object (6) comprising:
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a plurality of radiation source means (2), which are disposed adjacent the object in a single radiation source plane (1), each of which projects a beam (4) of penetrating radiation through the object in a geometry wherein all of the radiation beams have approximately the same cross section area in an irradiation plane (8) which intersects the object and all of the beams cover substantially the same region of the irradiation plane; record carrier means (10), disposed on the opposite side of the object from the radiation source plane to receive the radiation beams which have passed through the object and to record therefrom perspective images of the object which are formed by the radiation beams; image display means (15) including an image receiving surface (16); imaging matrix means (13), comprising a plurality of imaging elements (14) which are disposed in a geometry which corresponds to the distribution of the radiation source means in the radiaton source plane, whih produce an image of a layer within the object by superpositioning the perspective images on the image receiving surface; and means (28) for producing a relative displacement between the position of the irradiation plane and the object in a direction perpendicular to the irradiation plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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