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公开(公告)号:US10119924B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-06
申请号:US15087560
申请日:2016-03-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Xue Rui , Geng Fu , Jianjun Guo , Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man , Brian David Yanoff
IPC: G01N23/046 , G01T1/17 , G01T1/29 , G01N23/083
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20180259657A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15457558
申请日:2017-03-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Geng Fu , Xue Rui , Yannan Jin , Jianjun Guo , Peter Michael Edic , Brian David Yanoff
Abstract: The present approach relates to the use of reference pixels provided between the primary pixels of a detector panel. Coincidence circuitry or logic may be employed so that the measured signal arising from the same X-ray event may be properly, that is the signal measured at both a reference and primary pixel may be combined so as to provide an accurate estimate of the measured signal, at an appropriate location on the detector panel.
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公开(公告)号:US20180132804A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-17
申请号:US15354760
申请日:2016-11-17
Applicant: General Electric Company , Teledyne DALSA, Inc. , Teledyne DALSA B.V.
Inventor: Biju Jacob , Brian David Yanoff , William Andrew Hennessy , Jeffery Jon Shaw , Douglas Albagli , Bartholomeus G.M.H. Dillen , Inge Peters , Anton Van Arendonk
IPC: A61B6/00 , H01L27/146
CPC classification number: A61B6/4208 , G01T1/2018 , G01T7/00 , H01L27/14634 , H01L27/14663
Abstract: An x-ray detector comprises: a housing, including a cover removably fastened on a flange of a flanged base and forming a semi-hermetic seal therebetween, the flanged base including a bottom surface and the flange surrounding a perimeter of the bottom surface; and an x-ray imager positioned on the bottom surface, the x-ray imager including a scintillator and an image sensor, wherein the seal semi-hermetically encloses the x-ray imager in the housing, and is positioned nonadjacently to surfaces in contact with the x-ray imager. In this way, a simpler and less costly seal for a digital x-ray panel can be provide; furthermore, the seal is reusable and resealable, facilitating repair and refurbishment of the device.
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公开(公告)号:US20170212253A1
公开(公告)日:2017-07-27
申请号:US15004127
申请日:2016-01-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Geng Fu , Peter Michael Edic , Brian David Yanoff , Jianjun Guo , Xin Wang , Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man , Xue Rui , Yannan Jin
IPC: G01T1/24 , G01T1/20 , A61B6/03 , H01L27/146
CPC classification number: G01T1/247 , A61B6/032 , A61B6/4233 , A61B6/4241 , A61B6/4291 , G01T1/17 , G01T1/2018 , H01L27/14658
Abstract: A detector panel is described having readout circuitry integrated with the photodetectors, such as in the light imager panel. The detector is useful in high spatial resolution and low-dose or low-signal imaging contexts and may be used in adaptive 2D binning configurations. Adaptive binning of detector elements may be accomplished using control logic and X-ray intensity detector circuitry capable of assessing an incident X-ray intensity and controlling binning of an associated group of detector elements.
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公开(公告)号:US20170086761A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-30
申请号:US14868826
申请日:2015-09-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Geng Fu , Peter Michael Edic , Brian David Yanoff , Jianjun Guo , Vladimir A. Lobastov , Yannan Jin
CPC classification number: A61B6/4241 , A61B6/032 , A61B6/4208 , A61B6/4233 , A61B6/4435 , A61B6/4441 , A61B6/461 , A61B6/467 , A61B6/5205 , A61B6/54
Abstract: Some embodiments are associated with an input signal comprising a first and a second photon event incident on a photon-counting semiconductor detector. A relatively slow charge collection shaping amplifier may receive the input signal and output an indication of a total amount of energy associated with the superposition of the first and second events. A relatively fast charge collection shaping amplifier may receive the input signal and output an indication that is used to allocate a first portion of the total amount of energy to the first event and a second portion of the total amount of energy to the second event.
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公开(公告)号:US09571765B2
公开(公告)日:2017-02-14
申请号:US14750067
申请日:2015-06-25
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Jianjun Guo , Brian David Yanoff , Jonathan David Short , Biju Jacob
CPC classification number: H04N5/369 , H01L27/14641 , H04N5/347 , H04N5/37457 , H04N5/378
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。
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公开(公告)号:US10686003B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-16
申请号:US14985739
申请日:2015-12-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Biju Jacob , Habib Vafi , Brian David Yanoff , Jeffery Jon Shaw , Jianjun Guo
IPC: G01T1/24 , H01L27/146 , H04N5/378
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20180177481A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15591932
申请日:2017-05-10
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Biju Jacob , Brian David Yanoff , Xue Rui
CPC classification number: A61B6/585 , A61B6/032 , A61B6/4233 , A61B6/4241 , G01N23/046 , G01N2223/303 , G01N2223/33
Abstract: The present approach relates to self-calibration of CT detectors based on detected misalignment of the detector and X-ray source. The present approach make the detector more robust to changes against temperature and focal spot movements. The diagnostic image generated by energy resolving calibrated response signals is able to present enhanced features compared to conventional CT based diagnostic images.
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公开(公告)号:US09891192B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-13
申请号:US14277830
申请日:2014-05-15
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Feng Pan , Brian David Yanoff , Aaron Judy Couture , Hakan Erik Roos , Yu Zhao
IPC: G01N27/447 , G06T7/00
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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公开(公告)号:US09658347B2
公开(公告)日:2017-05-23
申请号:US14739981
申请日:2015-06-15
Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Inventor: Biju Jacob , Jianjun Guo , Brian David Yanoff , Uwe Wiedmann
IPC: G01T1/24 , H04N5/32 , H04N5/355 , H04N5/3745
CPC classification number: G01T1/247 , H04N5/32 , H04N5/3205 , H04N5/35572 , H04N5/37452
Abstract: A digital X-ray detector is provided. The digital X-ray detector includes multiple pixels, each pixel including a pinned photodiode, and multiple readout channels coupled to each pinned photodiode, wherein each readout channel includes at least one charge-storage capacitor, an amplifier, and a transfer gate. The digital X-ray detector also includes control circuitry coupled to each pixel of the multiple pixels and configured to selectively control a flow of photocharge generated by each pinned photodiode to a respective at least one charge-storage capacitor of each respective readout channel via control of each respective transfer gate of each respective readout channel.
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