Tomographic imaging with concentric conical collimator
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1. An apparatus useful in tomographic imaging comprising:
- a source of penetrating radiation, means for forming radiation emitted by said source into a beam of defined cross section and for directing said beam along a path to a target volume,means for supporting an object to be imaged in said target volume so that said beam intercepts said object,a focused collimator located between said target volume and said source, said collimator comprising a plurality of concentric frusto-conical wall sections, adjacent pairs of said wall sections defining scattered radiation transmitting pathways, said pathways originating in a region of said object through which said beam passes, said collimator including a axial passageway, coincident with a rotational axis of all said frusto-conical sections and colinear with said path of said radiation beam,a scattered radiation detector assembly adjacent to said focused collimator and located between said focused collimator and said source, said scattered radiation detector assembly having a central opening to accommodate said path of said radiation beam.
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Abstract
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising an X-ray source, a collimator, and an X-ray scatter detector. The X-rays are directed toward an object to be imaged where the collimator and detector are located between the source and object. The X-rays striking the object produce back scattered X-rays which are directed back through the collimator to the detector and an image is produced.
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1. An apparatus useful in tomographic imaging comprising:
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a source of penetrating radiation, means for forming radiation emitted by said source into a beam of defined cross section and for directing said beam along a path to a target volume, means for supporting an object to be imaged in said target volume so that said beam intercepts said object, a focused collimator located between said target volume and said source, said collimator comprising a plurality of concentric frusto-conical wall sections, adjacent pairs of said wall sections defining scattered radiation transmitting pathways, said pathways originating in a region of said object through which said beam passes, said collimator including a axial passageway, coincident with a rotational axis of all said frusto-conical sections and colinear with said path of said radiation beam, a scattered radiation detector assembly adjacent to said focused collimator and located between said focused collimator and said source, said scattered radiation detector assembly having a central opening to accommodate said path of said radiation beam. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus useful in backscatter tomographic imaging comprising:
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a source of penetrating radiation means for supporting an object to be imaged so that the object includes a target volume, a focused collimator for location between said target volume and said source of penetrating radiation, said collimator comprising a plurality of concentric frusto-conical wall sections, all of said frusto-conical wall sections having a common axis, adjacent pairs of said wall sections defining scattered radiation transmitting pathways, said pathways originating at a common region in said target volume, said collimator including an axial passageway, coincident with said common axis of all said frusto-conical wall sections, and a scattered radiation detector assembly adjacent to said focused collimator and located with said focussed collimator between said detector assembly and said target volume, said scattered radiation detector assembly having a central opening to accommodate said common axis. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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