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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
Isaac B Rutel, Choctaw, OK (US);
Jonthomas Box, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Adam Salazar, Atlanta, GA (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
Abstract
A method comprises: performing training and testing of an initial machine model to create a final machine model, wherein the training and testing use focal loss; performing detection of dead detector elements in a digital detector of a second digital radiographic (DR) imaging system using the final machine model; and determining whether to replace or keep the digital detector based on the detection. An apparatus comprises: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: perform training and testing of an initial machine model to create a final machine model, wherein the training and testing use focal loss; perform detection of dead detector elements in a digital detector of a second digital radiographic (DR) imaging system using the final machine model; and determine whether to replace or keep the digital detector based on the detection.