ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,311, issued on May 20, was assigned to TELEDYNE DALSA B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Spectral X-ray imaging using variable high voltage X-ray source" was invented by Jonathan E. Snyder (Park City, Utah) and Andriy A. Lomako (Waterloo, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for performing spectral tomographic reconstruction of an object. The imaging system includes a power source that is configured to provide a variable high voltage. The imaging system includes a distributed X-ray source. The distributed X-ray source includes an array of X-ray emitters that allows fast switching "ON" and "OFF" using X-r...