The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Short, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Yanfeng Du, Rexford, NY (US);
Wen LI, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Short, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Yanfeng Du, Rexford, NY (US);
Wen Li, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xiaoye Wu, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A diagnostic imaging system includes an x-ray source that emits a beam of x-ray energy toward an object to be imaged and an energy discriminating (ED) detector that receives the x-ray energy emitted by the x-ray energy source. The ED detector includes a first layer having a first thickness, wherein the first layer comprises a semiconductor configurable to operate in at least an integrating mode and a second layer having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, and configured to receive x-rays that pass through the first layer. The system further includes a data acquisition system (DAS) operably connected to the ED detector and a computer that is operably connected to the DAS. The computer is programmed to identify saturated data in the second layer and substitute the saturated data with non-saturated data from a corresponding pixel in the first layer.