SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM WITH NEARLY CONTINUOUS ZOOMING CAPABILITY

摘要

Systems and methods for obtaining and displaying an X-ray image are described. The X-ray system contains an X-ray source, a CMOS based X-ray detector containing an active area for detecting an X-ray beam from the X-ray source, the active area containing an array of physical detector pixels having a pixel size or dimension ranging from about 10 μm×10 μm to about 50 μm×50 μm, a collimator defining an aperture, wherein the collimator is configured for a user to center the aperture over any portion of the active area of the CMOS based X-ray detector, and a display device configured to receive and display an X-ray image containing an array of virtual image pixels that have been previously binned at the CMOS based X-ray detector. Other embodiments are described.

主权项

1. An X-ray system, comprising:
an X-ray source; a CMOS based X-ray detector having an active area of an array of physical detector pixels for detecting X-rays from the X-ray source and capable of adjusting a virtual image pixel size by binning multiple physical detector pixels together according to a desired region of interest; a collimator defining an aperture, wherein the collimator is configured to center the aperture over any portion of the active area of the CMOS based X-ray detector; and a display device configured to receive and display an X-ray image comprised of an array of virtual image pixels that have been previously binned at the CMOS based X-ray detector.