US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on Sept. 9 for "X-ray generation device and X-ray imaging system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,726, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"X-ray generation device and X-ray imaging system" was invented by Hiroki Kawakami (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray generation device includes an electron gun emitting an electron beam, an X-ray generation target including a plurality of target parts generating X-rays in response to incidence of the electron beam from the electron gun, and an irradiation area switching unit switching an area of the X-ray generation target irradiated with the electron beam between a first irradiation area and a second irradiation area. The nu...