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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Marc Chappo, Elyria, OH (US);
Randall P. Luhta, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Christopher J. Vrettos, Willoughby, OH (US);
Brian E. Harwood, Rocky River, OH (US);
Marc Chappo, Elyria, OH (US);
Randall P. Luhta, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Christopher J. Vrettos, Willoughby, OH (US);
Brian E. Harwood, Rocky River, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging detector includes processing electronics () with a thermal coefficient about equal to a negative of a summation of thermal coefficients of a photosensor array () and a scintillator array () of the detector. In another instance, the imaging detector includes an A/D converter () that alternately converts first charge corresponding to impinging radiation into a first signal and second charge corresponding to decaying charge into a second signal and a logic unit () that corrects the first signal based on the second signal. In another instance, the imaging detector includes an A/D converter (), an integrator offset voltage signal determiner (), and a logic unit (), wherein the determiner () induces an electrical current via an offset voltage, the A/D converter () measures the current, and the logic unit () calculates a resistance of the photosensor array () based on the reference voltage and the measured current.