摘要:
A system calibrates a solid state detector (20) for a radiation imaging device (10) in a single acquisition. A calibration phantom (40) emits radiation concurrently at at least first and second characteristic energy levels. A nuclear camera (16) generates associated sets of radiation data spanning both the first and second energy levels from the emitted radiation that is received by solid state detector (20). A means (64) determines associated centers of energy peaks and energy values of the generated data sets. A calibration means (80) calibrates at least one of gain, offset, performance and dead pixel correction based on the determined centers and peaks of the acquired data sets.
摘要:
The present invention discloses an X-ray imaging module having a multilayer ionizing radiation sensitive element (60) operative to convert spatially modulated impinging X-ray radiation to a spatially modulated charge distribution. The multilayer ionizing radiation sensitive element has a substrate (100), a conductive layer (102) overlying the substrate, an ionizing radiation sensitive layer (104) overlying the conductive layer which converts ionizing radiation impinging thereon to charge carriers, and a blocking layer (106) exposed to ionizing radiation and optical radiation, overlying the ionizing radiation sensitive layer. The blocking layer limits the passage of charges, of at least one polarity, and blocks optical radiation, of at least one spectral band, from penetrating therethrough, while permitting passage therethrough of ionizing radiation. The X-ray imaging module also contains a charge injection assembly (68) operative to inject charge into the multilayer ionizing radiation sensitive element and readout circuitry coupled to the multilayer ionizing radiation sensitive element.
摘要:
An imaging device comprises a semiconductor substrate including an array of pixel cells. Each pixel cell comprising an individually addressable pixel circuit for accumulating charge resulting from radiation incident on a pixel detector. The pixel circuit and the pixel detector can either be implemented on a single substrate, or on two substrates bonded together. The charge storage device can be a transistor, for example one of a pair of FETs connected as a cascode amplification stage. An imaging plane can be made up of one imaging device or a plurality of imaging devices tiled to form a mosaic. The imaging devices may be configured as a slot for certain applications, the slit or slot being scanned over the imaging plane. Control electronics can include addressing logic for addressing individual pixel circuits for reading accumulated charge from the pixel circuits. Imaging optimisation can be achieved by determining maximum and minimum charge values for pixels for display, assigning extreme grey scale or colour values to the maximum and minimum charge values and allocating grey scale or colour values to an individual pixel according to a sliding scale between the extreme values. Scattered radiation can be detected and discarded by comparing the detected pixel value to a threshold value related to a minimum detected charge value expected for directly incident radiation and discarding detected pixel values less than said threshold value.
摘要:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Tomographieanlage (R) mit einer ersten Strahlquelle (Q1) und einem ersten Detektor (RD1), der der ersten Strahlquelle (Q1) zugeordnet ist, sowie mit einer zweiten Strahlquelle (Q2) und einem zweiten Detektor (RD2), der der zweiten Strahlquelle (Q2) zugeordnet ist. Die Tomographieanlage (R) ist dazu vorbereitet, einen Scan durchzuführen, wobei der erste Detektor (RD1) in einer ersten Rotationsebene (RE1) entlang einer ersten kreissegmentförmigen Bahnkurve (BKD1) geführt wird, während der zweite Detektor (RD2) synchron in einer zweiten Rotationsebene (RE2) entlang einer zweiten kreissegmentförmigen Bahnkurve (BKD2) geführt wird. Außerdem ist die Tomographieanlage (R) dazu vorbereitet, hierbei mit dem ersten Detektor (RD1) einen ersten Datensatz (DS1) und mit dem zweiten Detektor (RD2) einen zweiten Datensatz (DS2) zu gewinnen. Die beiden Rotationsebenen (RE1, RE2) sind zueinander beabstandet angeordnet. Die Erfindung betrifft auch ein entsprechendes Verfahren (100) zum Betreiben einer Tomographieanlage (R).
摘要:
A scanning apparatus is provided, which includes a medium (14) attached to a surface of a fixed, hollow cylindrical segment (12), the fixed, hollow cylindrical segment having a first longitudinal axis (16), a rotational radial laser beam rotating around the first longitudinal axis and arranged to scan said medium, and a light sensitive detector (20) having a light acceptance direction along a second axis coinciding with the first longitudinal axis of the cylindrical segment.