ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,690, issued on June 10, was assigned to ADAPTIX LTD (Begbroke, Great Britain).

"Method of obtaining x-ray images" was invented by Gil Travish (Begbroke, Great Britain) and Mark Evans (Begbroke, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An x-ray imaging apparatus comprises a panel including individually energisable x-ray emitters, a detector and a processor, wherein the emitters and detector remain relatively stationary. The first set of x-ray emitters of the panel is energised to direct x-rays at the first object and surrounding area. The detector detects x-rays passing through the first object and surrounding area. Detected x-ray...