US 11,744,536 B2
Monochromatic x-ray imaging systems and methods
Eric H. Silver, Needham, MA (US)
Assigned to Imagine Scientific, Inc., Norwood, MA (US)
Filed by Imagine Scientific, Inc., Norwood, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,046.
Application 17/568,046 is a continuation of application No. 16/431,792, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,213,265.
Application 16/431,792 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/017362, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/628,904, filed on Feb. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265235 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/482 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4064 (2013.01); A61B 6/4208 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1089 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monochromatic x-ray source comprising:
an electron source configured to generate electrons;
a primary target arranged to receive electrons from the electron source to produce broadband x-ray radiation in response to electrons impinging on the primary target; and
a secondary target comprising a plurality of layers of material that produce monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to absorbing incident broadband x-ray radiation emitted by the primary target,
wherein each of the plurality of layers comprises a portion spaced apart from each of the other plurality of layers.