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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
George E. Possin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Short, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Wen LI, Clifton Park, NY (US);
George E. Possin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Short, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Wen Li, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A CT detector includes a pixel having a single photodiode and multiple charge storage devices that are alternately stored and read out. The photodiode is a frontlit diode with a pair of capacitors that alternately store charge generated during data acquisition. Multiple pixels are connected to a single readout amplifier. Charge is continuously acquired from each photodiode and stored on the charge storage devices, but such readout is from a single charge storage device at a time. As such, each charge storage device is read out independently, but the charge storage devices are connected to a common readout channel or port.