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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, NY (US);
Gregory N. Heiler, Hilton, NY (US);
Timothy J. Tredwell, Fairport, NY (US);
Gregory N. Heiler, Hilton, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide a radiographic array, flat detector panel and/or X-ray imaging apparatus including the same and/or methods for using the same or calibrating the same. Exemplary embodiments can reduce or address noise occurring in the optically sensitive pixels that is temporally not related to image data detected by the optically sensitive pixels or dark reference frames detected by the optically sensitive pixels. Exemplary embodiments can include a capacitive element in a calibration pixel coupled between a row conductive line and a column conductive line in an imaging array.