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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M. Hoffman, New Berlin, WI (US);
Brian D. Johnston, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Francois Kotian, Bois d'Arcy, FR;
Hui David He, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/300 ;
Abstract
A multislice detector module producing an alterable quantity of slices and slice resolutions. In one embodiment, the detector module includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in an array of rows and columns, a switch apparatus electrically coupled to photodiode output signals, and a decoder. The decoder is configured to enable or prevent each photodiode from being transmitted through the switch apparatus. The configuration of the decoder determines how many slices of data are transmitted and the resolution of each slice.