Imaging, data acquisition, data transmission, and data distribution methods and systems for high data rate tomographic X-ray scanners
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1. An X-ray system comprising:
- a plurality of detectors for generating raw X-ray data;
a scan engine coupled to the plurality of detectors for receiving the raw X-ray data and generating calibrated X-ray data;
an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the calibrated X-ray data into one or more processed X-ray images; and
a scan controller coupled with said plurality of detectors and at least one of said scan engine or image reconstruction engine, wherein said scan controller receives said raw X-ray data and dynamically modulates processing of at least one of said raw X-ray data by said scan engine or said calibrated X-ray data by said image reconstruction engine, wherein the scan controller dynamically modulates the processing of said raw X-ray data or calibrated X-ray data by analyzing the raw X-ray data or calibrated X-ray data and identifying one or more regions comprising required information.
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Abstract
The present invention is an X-ray system having a source-detector module, which includes X-ray sources and detectors, for scanning an object being inspected, a scan engine coupled to the source-detector module for collecting scan data from the source detector module, an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the collected scan data into one or more X-ray images, and a scan controller coupled with at least one of the source detector module, the scan engine, and the image reconstruction engine optimize operations of the X-ray system.
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1. An X-ray system comprising:
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a plurality of detectors for generating raw X-ray data; a scan engine coupled to the plurality of detectors for receiving the raw X-ray data and generating calibrated X-ray data; an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the calibrated X-ray data into one or more processed X-ray images; and a scan controller coupled with said plurality of detectors and at least one of said scan engine or image reconstruction engine, wherein said scan controller receives said raw X-ray data and dynamically modulates processing of at least one of said raw X-ray data by said scan engine or said calibrated X-ray data by said image reconstruction engine, wherein the scan controller dynamically modulates the processing of said raw X-ray data or calibrated X-ray data by analyzing the raw X-ray data or calibrated X-ray data and identifying one or more regions comprising required information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An X-ray system comprising:
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a source of radiation having a scan rotation; a plurality of detectors for generating raw X-ray data; a scan engine coupled to the plurality of detectors for receiving the raw X-ray data and generating calibrated X-ray data; an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the calibrated X-ray data into one or more processed X-ray images; and a scan controller coupled with said plurality of detectors and at least one of said scan engine or image reconstruction engine, wherein said scan controller receives said raw X-ray data and dynamically modulates at least one of said source of radiation or scan engine based on said raw X-ray data wherein the scan controller is configured to direct the scan engine to increase a scan rate for a first region and decrease a scan rate for a second region, wherein the first region has a higher rate of change of information than the second region. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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