X-RAY COLLIMATOR AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed are an X-ray collimator that can be installed in a narrow space and easy to drive, and an X-ray imaging apparatus including the same. An X-ray collimator according to the present invention includes: a plurality of shielding plates each having a transmission window formed in advance to partially transmit an X-ray beam emitted from an X-ray generator; and a shielding plate selector configured to move the selected shielding plate from among the plurality of shielding plates from a first position deviating from the traveling path of the X-ray beam to a second position on the traveling path of the X-ray beam. An X-ray imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes an X-ray generator, an X-ray collimator having the above-described configuration for controlling an irradiation range of X-rays emitted from the X-ray generator, and an X-ray sensor for detecting X-rays passing through a subject do.