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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masafumi Onouchi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/40 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01T 1/247 (2013.01); G06T 11/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a configuration that allows implementation of both photon measurement and current measurement with practical measuring performance and circuit area, where a plurality of detector elements constituting one detector pixel are connected to photon measuring circuits on a one-to-one basis, thereby counting current pulse signals outputted from the detector elements, and a current measuring unit incorporates an integrator, an adder, and a sample-hold circuit provided for every detector pixel, and a converter for converting analogue signals to digital signals, one converter being provided for a plurality of detector pixels. The integrator integrates and the adder adds current pulse signals respectively outputted from the plurality of detector elements constituting one detector pixel, the sample-hold circuit integrates outputs from the adder, and the converter selectively converts analogue outputs from the integration circuit of any of the plurality of detector pixels.


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