Energy discriminating detector with direct conversion layer and indirect conversion layer
US7532703B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/249
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A diagnostic imaging system includes a high frequency electromagnetic energy source that emits a beam of high frequency electromagnetic energy toward an object to be imaged. An energy discriminating (ED) detector receives high frequency electromagnetic energy emitted by the high frequency electromagnetic energy source. The ED detector includes a direct conversion layer dynamically operable in a photon counting mode in one view and in an integrating mode in another view and an indirect conversion layer. A data acquisition system (DAS) is operably connected to the ED detector and a computer operably connected to the DAS.
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