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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1997
Bernard Thevenin, St Egreve, FR;
Francis Glasser, Eybens, FR;
Jean-Luc Martin, St Geoire En Valdaine, FR;
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method and a device for taking digital images in which the exposure time of the object to X or .gamma. rays is controlled and optimized in a way that produces, with each taking of an image, a non-saturated image and minimizes the dose of radiation necessary to produce this image. The device includes at least one image sensor having measurement pixels and pixels. The measurement pixels measure a current representative of a dose of radiation received by the object, and the image pixels are used to form the digital image. The dose of radiation measured by the measurement pixels is compared to a guide-line value, and when this dose measurement reaches the guide-line value the collection of the electrical charge by the image pixels is stopped. The stopping of the collection of the electrical charges is performed without stopping the radiation emission.