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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for improved medical imaging
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Application No.: US16687262Application Date: 2019-11-18
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Publication No.: US10976452B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Arie Shahar , Roi Harpaz , Elhanan Blaut
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Dean D. Small
- Main IPC: G01T1/24
- IPC: G01T1/24 ; G01T7/00

Abstract:
A radiation detector assembly is provided that includes a semiconductor detector, plural pixelated anodes, and at least one processor. The semiconductor detector has a surface. The plural pixelated anodes are configured to generate a primary signal responsive to reception of a photon by the pixelated anode and to generate at least one secondary signal responsive to an induced charge caused by reception of a photon by at least one surrounding anode. The at least one processor is configured to: acquire a primary signal from one of the anodes responsive to reception of a photon; acquire at least one secondary signal from at least one neighboring pixel of the one of the anodes, the at least one secondary signal defining a negative value; and determine an energy correction factor for the reception of the photon using the negative value of the at least one secondary signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200174143A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED MEDICAL IMAGING Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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