Abstract
A new multiple-scanning-slit or scanning-grid scatter-reduction geometry consisting of coaxial rotating aperture (RA) cones is described and compared with other RA assemblies such as the rotating aperture wheel (RAW) device. A unique feature of the new design is that the geometric and rotational axes of the conical RA surfaces coincide and are collinear with the x-ray focal spot. This arrangement of axes should provide the potential for greatly improved mechanical rigidity, higher rotational velocities, and the capability for static slit-pattern alignment. The common rotational axis of the cone assembly is angled obliquely to the central x-ray beam such that the intersections of the irradiated portion of the RA surfaces with the plane formed by the x-ray central beam and cone axes are straight lines parallel to the film plane. This geometry is compatible with the standard source-patient-image receptor radiographic relationship and allows for variable source-to-image-receptor distance.
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