公开(公告)号：US09869781B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US14088124

申请日：2013-11-22

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Sergei Ivanovich Dolinsky ,  Jianjun Guo

IPC: G01T1/24 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01T1/20 ,  H01L31/10 ,  H01L31/11 ,  G01T1/208 ,  H01L31/102 ,  H01L31/115

CPC classification number: G01T1/248 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J2001/4466 ,  G01T1/2006 ,  G01T1/208 ,  G01T1/247 ,  G01T1/249 ,  H01L31/102 ,  H01L31/115

Abstract: Photomultipliers are disclosed which comprise circuitry for detecting photo electric events and generating short digital pulses in response. In one embodiment, the photomultipliers comprise solid state photomultipliers having an array of microcells. The microcells, in one embodiment, in response to incident photons, generate a digital pulse signal having a duration of about 2 ns or less.

公开(公告)号：US20170212250A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15004214

申请日：2016-01-22

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Yannan Jin ,  Geng Fu ,  Peter Michael Edic ,  Brian David Yanoff ,  Jianjun Guo

IPC: G01T1/20 ,  G01T1/24

Abstract: A detector is described having readout electronics integrated in the photodetector layer. The detector may be configured to acquire both energy-integrated and photon-counting data. In one implementation, the detector is also configured with control logic to select between the jointly generated photon-counting and energy-integrated data.

公开(公告)号：US20170194375A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US14985785

申请日：2015-12-31

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Biju Jacob ,  Habib Vafi ,  Brian David Yanoff ,  Jeffery Jon Shaw ,  Jianjun Guo

IPC: H01L27/146 ,  G01T1/24 ,  G01T1/20

CPC classification number: H01L27/14689 ,  G01T1/2018 ,  G01T1/247 ,  H01L27/14625 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/14658 ,  H01L27/14661 ,  H01L27/14663 ,  H01L27/1469

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.

公开(公告)号：US20170194374A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

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: H01L27/146 ,  G01T1/24 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US20160308074A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US14688008

申请日：2015-04-16

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Sergei Ivanovich Dolinsky ,  Jianjun Guo ,  David Leo McDaniel ,  Ravindra Mohan Manjeshwar ,  Geng Fu

IPC: H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/10

CPC classification number: G01T1/247

Abstract: Embodiments of a solid state photomultiplier are provided herein. In some embodiments, a solid state photomultiplier may include a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises a plurality of subpixels; and a first set of buffer amplifiers, wherein each buffer amplifier of the first set of buffer amplifiers is respectively coupled to a subpixel of the plurality of subpixels.

Abstract translation: 本文提供了固态光电倍增管的实施例。 在一些实施例中，固态光电倍增管可以包括多个像素，其中多个像素中的每个像素包括多个子像素; 以及第一组缓冲放大器，其中第一组缓冲放大器的每个缓冲放大器分别耦合到多个子像素的子像素。

公开(公告)号：US09405023B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-02

申请号：US13764960

申请日：2013-02-12

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Jianjun Guo ,  Sergei Ivanovich Dolinsky ,  Changlyong Kim ,  James Lindgren Malaney ,  David Leo McDaniel ,  William Peterson

IPC: H01J40/14 ,  H01L27/00 ,  G01T1/29 ,  G01T1/16 ,  G01T1/164 ,  A61B6/03 ,  G01R33/48

CPC classification number: G01T1/2985 ,  A61B6/037 ,  G01R33/481 ,  G01T1/1603 ,  G01T1/1647

Abstract: A multichannel application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for interfacing with an array of photodetectors in a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging system includes a front end circuit configured to be coupled to the photodetectors and to receive discrete analog signals therefrom. The ASIC further includes a time discriminating circuit operably coupled to the front end circuit and configured to generate a hit signal based on a combination of the discrete analog signals, and an energy discriminating circuit operably coupled to the front end circuit and configured to generate a summed energy output signal based on each of the discrete analog signals and summed row and column output signals based on each of the discrete analog signals. The summed energy output signal represents an energy level of the detected radiation in the array of photodetectors, and the summed row and column output signals represent a location of the detected radiation.

Abstract translation: 用于与正电子发射断层摄影（PET）成像系统中的光电检测器阵列接口的多通道专用集成电路（ASIC）包括被配置为耦合到光电检测器并从其接收分立的模拟信号的前端电路。 ASIC还包括时间鉴别电路，其可操作地耦合到前端电路并且被配置为基于离散模拟信号的组合产生命中信号，以及能量鉴别电路，其可操作地耦合到前端电路并且被配置为生成相加的 基于每个离散模拟信号的能量输出信号和基于每个离散模拟信号的相加的行和列输出信号。 相加的能量输出信号表示光电检测器阵列中检测到的辐射的能级，并且相加的行和列输出信号表示检测到的辐射的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20150374329A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-31

申请号：US14846271

申请日：2015-09-04

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Yimeng Lin ,  Menachem Halmann ,  Feng Lin ,  Jianjun Guo

IPC: A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/13

CPC classification number: A61B8/0841 ,  A61B8/13 ,  A61B8/5215 ,  A61B8/54 ,  A61B2034/2063 ,  G03B42/06

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, apparatus and system for enhancing needle visualization in ultrasound imaging, said method comprising: a setting step for setting a scanning depth corresponding to a depth of a part or tissue target in a patient's body; and a determining step for automatically determining a needle frame steering angle and an ultrasound working frequency for needle frame collection based on the scanning depth. In the embodiments of the present invention, the needle frame steering angle and ultrasound working frequency for needle frame collection and the filter kernel for enhancing edge filtering of the collected needle frame are both dependent upon the scanning depth, and thereby can achieve enhancing needle visualization in ultrasound imaging for scanning at different depths without participation of the user or extra change of hardware.

Abstract translation: 本发明公开了一种用于在超声成像中增强针可视化的方法，装置和系统，所述方法包括：设置步骤，用于设置与患者身体中的部分或组织目标的深度相对应的扫描深度; 以及基于扫描深度自动确定针框架转向角度和针框收集的超声波工作频率的确定步骤。 在本发明的实施例中，用于针框收集的针架转向角和超声波工作频率以及用于增强收集的针架的边缘过滤的滤芯都取决于扫描深度，从而可以实现增强针可视化 超声波成像用于不需要用户参与的不同深度的扫描或硬件的额外变化。