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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:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1989
Richard C Lanza, Brookline, MA (US);
Joseph R Votano, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Expert Image Systems, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Abstract
A readout system is disclosed for use in conjunction with a radiation detector to obtain radiographic images. The readout system includes an event gating mechanism for receiving signals which are simultaneously generated at a plurality of locations within a radiation detector in response to a radiation event and an estimating mechanism for identifying the locus of the radiation event from the signals. In one illustrated embodiment the event gating mechanism further includes circuitry for receiving signals from a first and second set of lines defining a 2-dimensional coordinate grid within an area radiation detector.