ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,786, issued on May 5, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"X-ray imaging apparatus" was invented by Ryo Fujita (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroki Maeda (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoki Morimoto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This X-ray imaging apparatus is equipped with an X-ray tube, a detector for detecting X-rays emitted from the X-ray tube and transmitted through the subject, and an image processing unit for generating an image based on a detection signal output from the detector. The X-ray imaging apparatus is provided with a controller configured to cause X-rays to be emitted such that the distance between the plurality of f...