US 12,422,384 B2
Handheld x-ray system including a stand-alone detector panel
Paul Bradshaw, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Videray Technologies, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/852,903
Filed by VIDERAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Charlestown, MA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2024, PCT No. PCT/US2024/026510
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/228921, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/499,226, filed on Apr. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0110064 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 23/04 (2013.01) [G01N 23/083 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); G01N 2223/301 (2013.01); G01N 2223/316 (2013.01); G01N 2223/33 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An x-ray system employed for x-ray scanning of an object, the x-ray system comprising:
a detector panel configured to capture an x-ray image of the object being scanned; and
a handheld x-ray instrument including:
an x-ray source that provides a high energy x-ray output centered on a projection axis;
a collimator configured to receive the high energy x-ray output and project a cone-shaped x-ray beam along the projection axis, the cone-shaped x-ray beam having a diameter that increases as a distance from the handheld x-ray instrument increases along the projection axis;
a first line laser oriented to project a first laser line at a first angle relative to the projection axis, a second line laser oriented to project a second laser line at a second angle relative to the projection axis, the first angle and the second angle, respectively, selected to provide a separation distance between the first laser line and the second laser line that is substantially equal to the diameter at any distance along the projection axis;
a camera substantially aligned with the projection axis, the camera configured to capture a digital image of the object being scanned by the x-ray source, the digital image including a camera image of a surface area of the object that faces the x-ray source;
an integral display configured to display the digital image of the object being scanned by the x-ray source; and
a wireless communication system configured to receive, from the detector panel, the x-ray image of the object being scanned.