X-RAY OPTICAL ENDOSCOPE Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC G01N23/04 G01N21/01 A61B1/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: x-ray optical endoscope has a housing in which there is an x-ray luminescent transducer, a colour CCD matrix, a light-emitting diode for illuminating the object, having controlled radiation brightness and chromaticity, a mirror made from organic glass placed in front of the x-ray luminescent transducer on its longitudinal axis at an angle of 45° to the axis, and a monitor for viewing optical and x-ray images. The x-ray optical endoscope also includes an annular matrix of N>8 microlasers lying on a circle with radius R=D/2, symmetrically about the longitudinal axis of the x-ray luminescent transducer, where D is the diametre of the input face of the x-ray luminescent transducer. Optical axes of the microlasers are parallel to each other and the longitudinal axis of the x-ray luminescent transducer and they enable formation of an annular structure of laser spots on the surface of the object, where diametre D of the said spots remains constant when distance from the object to the endoscope changes. The colour CCD matrix with an A×A dot matrix is placed on an axis perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the x-ray luminescent transducer passing through the point of intersection of the mirror and the longitudinal axis of the x-ray luminescent transducer. A lens with focal distance F is placed on this axis. The light-emitting diode with controlled radiation brightness and colour intensity for illuminating the object is placed next to the lens.

EFFECT: possibility of matching significantly different characteristics of x-ray and optical channels.

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