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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
E2v Semiconductors, Saint Egreve, FR;
Florian Julien, Voiron, FR;
Laurent Lussereau, Méaudre, FR;
Pascal Pellet, Grenoble, FR;
Yves Delzoppo, Saint-Égrève, FR;
TELEDYNE E2V SEMICONDUCTORS SAS, Saint-Égrève, FR;
Abstract
A medical radiology system comprises an external x-ray source () and a CMOS image sensor () that is connected via a USB link () by way of USB peripheral of a device () for digitally processing the image data of the sensor. A tracking device is placed on the USB link () in order to continuously read and decode the data transmitted over this link in a way that is transparent to the device and to the sensor, and to detect, in the transmitted data stream, one particular datum (XAMC=1) representing a signal indicating detection, by the sensor, that a sufficient dose of radiation has been received. On detection of this particular datum, the tracking device sends an electrical signal Stop-X to the radiation source, in order to stop the emission of the radiation. The system is especially suitable for taking dental radiology images with an intra-oral CMOS sensor.