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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:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

May. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Atsushi Iwashita, Tokyo, JP;

Kosuke Terui, Yokohama, JP;

Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;

Yoshiaki Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); H04N 5/32 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/4035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/4291 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01); A61B 6/5264 (2013.01); A61B 6/542 (2013.01); H04N 5/32 (2013.01); H04N 5/3205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radiation imaging apparatus that obtains a radiation image by an energy subtraction method. Each pixel includes a conversion element that converts radiation into an electrical signal and a reset portion that resets the conversion element. Each pixel performs an operation of outputting a first signal corresponding to an electrical signal generated by the conversion element in a first period, and an operation of outputting a second signal corresponding to an electrical signal generated by the conversion element in the first period and a second period. Radiation having first energy is emitted in the first period, and radiation having second energy is emitted in the second period. In each pixel, the reset portion does not reset the conversion element during a period that includes the first period and the second period.


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