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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Christopher Alden Hammond, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ping Xue, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Diego Fernando Freire Munoz, Chicago, IL (US);
Amanda Lynn Pratt, Hartland, WI (US);
Robert Carl Minnich, Cortland, OH (US);
Gregory Donald Schumacher-novak, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael Lee Spohn, Waukesha, WI (US);
Christopher Alden Hammond, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ping Xue, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Diego Fernando Freire Munoz, Chicago, IL (US);
Amanda Lynn Pratt, Hartland, WI (US);
Robert Carl Minnich, Cortland, OH (US);
Gregory Donald Schumacher-Novak, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Michael Lee Spohn, Waukesha, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An X-ray imaging system is provided. The X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray radiation source. The X-ray imaging system also includes a source controller coupled to the source and configured to command emission of X-rays for image exposures. The X-ray imaging system further includes a digital X-ray detector configured to acquire X-ray image data without communication from the source controller, wherein the digital X-ray detector includes a photovoltaic device, and the digital X-ray detector is configured to determine one or more of a beginning, end, or duration of an image exposure via the photovoltaic device.