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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2014
Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Daniel McGowan, Wauconda, IL (US);

Michelle Canzolino, Evanston, IL (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/164 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic detector module includes an array of detection crystals that emits light in response to electromagnetic radiation, and at least one detector that detects the light emitted by the crystal array and that generates an output based on the light detected. The electronic detector module also includes a power sequencing circuit including an accelerometer that detects a position of the electronic detector module, and a control circuit that provides power to the electronic detector module based on the position.


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