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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
May. 31, 2018
Applicants:
Karim S Karim, Waterloo, CA;
Ian A. Cunningham, London, CA;
Sebastian Lopez Maurino, Kitchener, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/36 (2006.01); G01T 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 6/5235 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01); G01T 1/24 (2013.01); G01T 1/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for a flat panel X-ray imaging detector. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes three (3) layers including a top layer, an intermediate layer and a bottom layer. The top layer generates a top layer image; the intermediate layer generates an intermediate layer image; and the bottom layer generates a bottom layer image. The intermediate layer also operates simultaneously as an intermediate X-ray energy filter.