ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,386, issued on June 23, was assigned to Teledyne Dalsa B.V. (Netherlands).

"Scanning spectral X-ray imaging using an alternating 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 scanning spectral tomographic reconstruction of an object. The imaging system includes a power source that is configured to provide an alternating high voltage. The imaging system includes an X-ray source. The X-ray source includes an array of X-ray emitters that allow fast switching "ON" and "OFF" using a grid el...