Computed tomography with detector wobble

    公开(公告)号:US10119924B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-06

    申请号:US15087560

    申请日:2016-03-31

    Abstract: The present approach relates to a detector design that allows detector-based wobble using an electronic control scheme. In one implementation, each detector pixel is divided into sub-pixels. The readout of the sub-pixels can be binned with minimal noise penalty to enable the detector wobble without physically shifting the detector or alternating the physical focal spot location, though, as discussed herein alternation of the focal spot location may be used in conjunction with the present approach to further improve radial and longitudinal imaging resolution as well as suppressing artifacts resulted by limited spatial sampling.

    Universal four-side buttable digital CMOS imager
    16.
    发明授权
    Universal four-side buttable digital CMOS imager 有权
    通用四面对面数字CMOS成像器

    公开(公告)号:US09571765B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US14750067

    申请日:2015-06-25

    Abstract: An imager including sub-imager pixel arrays having a plurality of four-side buttable imagers distributed on a substrate and an on-chip digitizing readout circuit. Pixel groupings formed from among the plurality of four-side buttable imagers. The readout electronics including a buffer amplifier for each of the pixel groupings and connected to respective outputs of each four-side buttable imager of the pixel grouping. A plurality of shared analog front ends, each shared analog front end connected to respective multiple buffer amplifiers from among the plurality of pixel groupings. An analog-to-digital converter located at a common centroid location relative to the plurality of shared analog front ends, the analog-to-digital converter having a fully addressable input selection to individually select an output from each of the plurality of shared analog front ends. An output of the analog-to-digital converter connected to a trace on a back surface of the wafer substrate by a through-substrate-via.

    Abstract translation: 包括具有分布在基板上的多个四边对称成像器的子成像像素阵列和片上数字化读出电路的成像器。 从多个四面对面的成像器中形成的像素组。 读出电路包括用于每个像素分组的缓冲放大器,并且连接到像素分组的每个四面可图像成像器的相应输出。 多个共享模拟前端,每个共享模拟前端从多个像素分组中连接到相应的多个缓冲放大器。 一种模数转换器,位于相对于多个共享模拟前端的公共中心位置处,该模数转换器具有完全可寻址的输入选择,以单独选择多个共享模拟前端中的每一个的输出 结束。 模数转换器的输出通过基板通孔连接到晶片衬底背面上的迹线。

    Radiation detector assembly
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10686003B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US14985739

    申请日:2015-12-31

    Abstract: Various approaches are discussed for using four-side buttable CMOS tiles to fabricate detector panels, including large-area detector panels. Fabrication may utilize pads and interconnect structures formed on the top or bottom of the CMOS tiles. Electrical connection and readout may utilize readout and digitization circuitry provided on the CMOS tiles themselves such that readout of groups or sub-arrays of pixels occurs at the tile level, while tiles are then readout at the detector level such that readout operations are tiered or multi-level.

    System and method for flat panel detector gel and blot imaging

    公开(公告)号:US09891192B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-13

    申请号:US14277830

    申请日:2014-05-15

    CPC classification number: G01N27/44726 G01N27/44721 G06T7/0012

    Abstract: A system and method for generating a digital image in fluorescence gel imaging is disclosed. The method includes providing a gel sample and placing the gel sample on a flat panel detector having array of photodiodes and transistors that collect light generated from the gel sample. The gel sample is illuminated using a light source integrated into the flat panel imaging system and light emitted by the gel sample responsive to an excitation of the gel sample by light provided by the light source is then collected, with the light emitted by the gel sample being collected by the array of photodiodes of the flat panel detector and converted to electric charges to generate light data. The light data is then processed to generate a digital image of the gel sample.

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