Apparatus, detector, and method for applying a pixel by pixel bias on demand in energy discriminating computed tomography (CT) imaging
US9101273B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05G1/56
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A Computed Tomography (CT) method, apparatus, and detector, which includes a plurality of energy-discriminating detector elements configured to capture incident X-ray photons emitted from an X-ray source. Each of the plurality of energy-discriminating detector elements of the detector is configured to have a respective bias voltage individually switched ON or OFF, based on a signal received from a controller.
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