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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arundhuti Ganguly, San Jose, CA (US);
Ivan Mollov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Varex Imaging Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2006 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01);
Abstract
An x-ray imager includes a scintillator layer configured to generate light from x-rays, a detector array configured to detect light generated in the scintillator layer, and a lens array situated between the scintillator layer and the detector array. The lens array may be configured to collect light and focus the collected light to the detector array.