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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Jacobus Josephus Leijssen, Eindhoven, NL;
Harry Marinus, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Jacobus Josephus Leijssen, Eindhoven, NL;
Harry Marinus, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A detection module for detecting electro-magnetic radiation comprises a photosensor, a current integration circuit and an arithmetic unit fits the integration samples to a predetermined time dependency of the integrated current and computes an accumulated electrical charge accumulated over the integration time interval from the fit. Notably, the detection module is employed in an optical imaging apparatus to image e.g. a woman's breast by way of near-infrared light.