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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Miesher Lage Rodrigues, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Hao Yang, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Liang Cai, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Alan Karr, Port Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/241 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01T 1/247 (2013.01); G01N 2223/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computed tomography (CT) detector apparatus includes a plurality of detectors arranged in a ring, each detector being arranged inside a Faraday cage having a plurality of voltage-biased side-electrodes arranged on a side surface of the Faraday cage. The detectors include photon-counting detectors (PCDs). A voltage applied to the voltage-biased side-electrodes decreases from the anode side of the PCD to the cathode side of the PCD.